Word Parts - batho, bathy

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batho-, bathy- : From Greek deep, depth

bathymetrical - relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes; bathypnea - deep breathing; bathophobia - fear of depths or of descending into depths; bathybic - pertaining to or dwelling in deepest zone of sea; bathysophical - reference to a knowledge of deep-sea life and conditions; bathyaesthesia - a consciousness or sensibility of the parts of the body located beneath the surface of the skin; bathometer - instrument for measuring the depth of a body of water.

And for you:

bathochromy, bathyal, bathycardia, bathythermosphere, isobathytherm, bathyorographical, bathypelagic, bathyphyll, bathyscaphe, bathygram, bathylittoral, bathyhyperesthesia.

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