WORD POWER 54 : DROMOS 1.DROME:Greek dromos “race course.” - TopicsExpress



          

WORD POWER 54 : DROMOS 1.DROME:Greek dromos “race course.” Indo-European base meaning “to walk, run,” which is also the ancestor of English tread, trip, and dromedary. [ 2.SYNDROME [sín drm] : syn=together,drome =run.used for running together , syndrome can be identified by statistics only[Mid-16th century. Via modern Latin and Greek sundromē , literally “running together,” from, ultimately, dramein “to run.”] a. medicine group of identifying signs and symptoms: a group of signs and symptoms that together are characteristic or indicative of a specific disease or other disorder b. things that form pattern: a group of things or events that form a recognizable pattern, especially of something undesirable 3.velodrome:stadium for bicycle races: a stadium that has a banked track for bicycle races [Late 19th century. From French , formed from velocipede + -drome .] 4.cosmodrome:Russian kosmodrom , from kosmonavt “cosmonaut” + -drom “arena.” ,satellite launcher 5.PALINDROME:Greek palindromos , literally “running back again.” ,a mirror image word, like ANNA,2002 6.AERODROME:small airfield with limited facilities for running crafts 7.HIPPODROME: horse race track,hippo-horse
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