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Word Roots
pg. 15-16
Term | Definition |
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in- | in, into, not |
ciner | ash |
combus | burn up |
-ary | that which; someone or something that belongs to, of, related to, one who |
-ible | able to be |
-or | one who, that which, condition, state, activity |
-tion | state, quality, act |
incombustible | not capable of being burned |
incinerator | a furnace for burning waste under controlled conditions |
combustion | act or process of burning |
cinerary | containing or used for ashes |
combustible | able to burn easily |
a- | away, from; not, without |
coll | away, from; not, without |
gen | cause, birth, race, produce |
man | gas |
meter | measure |
sphygm/sphyx | pulse |
-age | state , quality , act |
-ation | an action or process |
-ic | like, related to |
-oid | resembling |
-ous | having the quality of |
asphyxiation | act or process of causing suffocation |
collage | an artistic composition made of various materials glued on a surface |
sphygmic | of or pertaining to circulatory pulse |
colloid | forming or producing collagen |
sphygmomanometer | an instrument which measures blood pressure in the arteries |
collagenous | a gelatinous substance |