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15 Cards in this Set
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agoraphobia
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(agora - field) - fear of open space
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Philadelphia
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(adelphos - brother) - city of brotherly love
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phototropic
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(photo - light) - turning toward light as leaves and flowers do
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optometry
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(opsis - sight) - measure of eyesight
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telescope
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(skopeo - look at) - device for looking at distant objects
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lithograph
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(lithos - stone) - drawing made on a stone.
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photometer
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(metron - measure) - a device which measures light
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claustrophobia
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(claustrum - lock or bolt) - fear of closed (locked or bolted) places
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philanthropist
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(antrhopos - man) - one who cares about his fellow man
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heliotrope
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(helios - sun) - a flower named for its tendancy to turn toward the sun
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symmetry
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(sym - same/equal) - measuring the same
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telepathy
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(pathos - feeling) - knowing how someone far away is feeling
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graphite
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black carbon used for drawing or writing
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photophilia
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(philia - love) - love of light
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hydrophobia
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(hydro - water) - disease which makes it diffucult to swallow; fear of water
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