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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ic, -tic (-icus, -ticus) pelvic, civic, lunatic | (s) pertaining to, like |
| -ary military, literary, sanguinary | (s) pertaining to, connected with, having the character of |
| -an, -ane urbane, veteran, american | (s) pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of |
| -form reniform, muriform, oviform | (s) like, having the shape of |
| aqu(a) aqueduct, aquamarine, deaquation | (b) water |
| brev- brevity, abbreviate, breviped | (b) short |
| capill- capillitium, capillaredtasia, capilliculture | (b) hair |
| coll- collar, decollation, collar bone | (b) neck |
| coron-; coroll- coronation, coronet, corolla | (b) crown; little crown |
| cortic- cort- cortex, infracortical, neocortex | (b) bark, outer layer |
| cruc- crucify, excruciating, cruciate | (b) cross |
| cune- cuneate, praecuneus, entocuneiform | (b) wedge |
| ens- ensiform, ensomphalus | (b) sword |
| falc- defalcate, falx, falculate | (b) sickle |
| fug- refuge, fugitive, fugue | (b) to flee, to put to flight |
| line- lineage, delineate, linella | (b) line |
| luc- lucid, elucidate, translucid | (b) light, to shine |
| matr-, matern- matricide, matrimony, dura mater | (b) mother |
| mont- promontory, montana, monticules | (b) mountain |
| mult- multiplu, multiversity, multicarinate | (b) many |
| ret- rete, retial, reticulum | (b) net, network |
| rostr- rostrum, rostrulate, erostrate | (b) beak |
| torqu-, tort-, tors- tort, contortion, torsion | (b) to twist |
| verm- vermillion, vermicelli, vermiculose | (b) worm |