audiogram
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
audiogram
a graph showing the percentage of hearing loss in a particular ear, as indicated by an audiometer
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Dissection of audiogram
audiogram = audi (=aud, hear) + o (o does not have a meaning, used as a connective only) + gram (graph, gram is a Greek root);
audiogram = a graph showing the loss of hearing capability in one ear;
Some notes: audiogram combines Greek language (gram) + and Latin language (audio)
Now Repeat my Dissection
audiogram = a graph showing the loss of hearing capability in one ear;
Some notes: audiogram combines Greek language (gram) + and Latin language (audio)
Important roots for this word:
aud
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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