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hypo |
under |
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Hypocrite |
A person who engages in hypocrisy (lying or pretending). A person who says one thing and does the other |
Doing what you say you won’t |
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Hypothesis |
An educated guess/proposed explanation |
Science hypothesis |
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pseudo |
false |
similar to mis |
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Pseudonym |
Fictional name/pen name |
Similar to misnomer |
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Pseudoscience |
Claims of beliefs that are plausible but not scientifically proven |
pseudo = fake, science |
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neuro |
nerve/nerves |
Nerve/nerves |
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Neurosis |
Mild mental illness - depression, anxiety, obsession |
Mild mental illness |
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Neurology |
Branch of medicine that studies nerves, brain, spinal cord |
neuro = nerves, logy = study of |
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tomy |
cut |
Same as cise |
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Dichotomy |
Division/contrast/differences |
good vs evil, real vs imaginary |
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Lobotomy |
Surgical operation that removes the frontal lobe (part of the brain) |
tomy = cut, lobe = part of the brain (frontal lobe) |