tailieunhanh - Dictionary of word roots and combining form

One of the outstanding problems of the biologist, whether he be beginning student or specialists, is that of understanding technical terms. The best way to understand and remember technical terms is to understand first their component parts, or roots. This dictionary has been designed primarily to meet the needs of the beginning student, the medical student, and the taxonomist, but it should be of value to all biologists. | DICTIONARY of WORD ROOTS and COMBINING FORMS Compiled from the Greek Latin and other languages with special reference to biological terms and scientific names This pocket-size booklet combines some of the best features of each of several larger word books for naturalists and has innovations of its own. . . . This is definitely a most for the money book recommended for its content and its ease of use. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist This dictionary . . . should prove useful to students of many kinds especially medical and biological scholars. . . . This would be a worthwhile addition to any reference shelf in a library and is inexpensive enough that It should be in the individual reference collection of students in any area of medicine biology or taxonomy. The Journal of the American Dental Association If you are word-curious you can use this book to figure out what a micromere is or what pododynia means. If you are a student of medicine or biology you can use it as a shortcut to mastering the nomenclature of your field. Packed within the pages of this dictionary are some listings with directions for using the roots rules for pronouncing and formulating scientific names principles for turning Greek letters into English equivalents and groupings of the combining forms most often used in classifying plants and animals. Donald J. Borror . is a Professor of Zoology and Entomology at Ohio State University. MAYFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY Mountain View. California 0 - 87484 - 053-8 DICTIONARY of WORD ROOTS and COMBINING .