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Root Words pg. 15-16
by Marlie Stineman
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |