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Word Roots Set 8
word roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| incombustable | 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 |
| combustable | able to burn easily |
| a | away, from; not, without |
| coll | glue, gelatinous |
| 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 suffication |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials glued on a surface |
| sphygmic | of or pertaining to circulatory pulse |
| colloid | a gelatinous substance |
| sphygmomanometer | an instrument which measures blood pressure in the arteries |
| collagenous | forming or producing collagen |