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Root Words pg. 15-16
by Marlie Stineman
term | definition |
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in- | in, into, not |
a- | away, from, not, without |
ciner | ash |
combus | burn up |
coll(a) | glue, gelatinous |
gen | cause, birth, produce, race |
man(o) | gas |
meter | measure |
sphygm(o)/sphyx | pulse |
-ary | that which, someone or something that belongs to, of, related to, one who |
-(t)ible | able to be |
-(at)or | one who, that which, condition, state, activity |
-tion | state, quality, act |
-age | state, quality, act |
-(i)ation | an action or process |
-ic | like, related to |
-oid | resembling |
-ous | having the quality of |
incombustible | not capable of being burned |
incinerator | a furnace for burning waste under controlled conditions |
combustion | act or process of burning |
cinerary | used for ashes |
combustible | able to burn easily |
asphyxiation | act of causing suffocation |
collage | artistic compesition made of various material all glued on a surface |
sphygmic | of the circulatory pulse |
colloid | a gelatinous substance |
sphygmomanometer | instrument that measures blood pressure |
collagenous | forming collagen |