orthophony
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
ortho-
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
orthophony
the art of correct articulation; voice training
正确发音矫正
Dissection of orthophony
orthophonic = ortho- (correct; right; straight) + phon (sound) + -y (suffic for noun)
orthophonic = correction of articulation or voice
Now Repeat my Dissection
orthophonic = correction of articulation or voice
Important roots for this word:
phon
ortho-
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
Repetition is the key to learning.
Now please try to dissect the word into the roots that you know yourself in the box below:
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