Chapter 5 Flashcards by Raines Ivey

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Adip-

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Fatty tissue

Ex: adipose, adipois

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Act-, ag-

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To do, to act

Ex: active, agile

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Aqu(a)-

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Water

Ex: aquatic, aqueous

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Aud-, audit-

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To hear

Ex: audible, auditory

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Cern-, cret-

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To separate, to distinguish

Ex: discern, secretary

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Cad-, cid-

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To fall

Ex: cadaver, deciduous

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Cid-, cis-

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To cut, to kill

Ex: exicision, homicidal

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Duc-, duct-

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To lead, to draw

Ex: conduction, ductile

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Fibr-

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Fiber

Ex: fibrous, fibrovascular

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Flect-, flex-

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To bend

Ex: flexible, reflective

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Ger-, gest-

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To carry, to bear

Ex: congestive, digestible

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Grad-, gress-

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To go, to step

Ex: gradual, regressive

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Her-, hes-

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To stick

Ex: adhere, cohesive

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Liqu-

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Liquid

Ex: liquid, liquidfy

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Me-, meat-

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To go, to pass through

Ex: meatus, permeable

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Morb-

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Disease

Ex: morbid, morbidity

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Nasc-, nat-

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To be born

Ex: native, postnatal

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Nutr-, nutrit-

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To nourish

Ex: malnutrition, nutritious

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Pur-

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Pus

Ex: puromucous, purulent

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Sens-, sent-

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To feel, to perceive

Ex: sensory, sentient

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Somn-

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Sleep

Ex: somnambulist, somnolent

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Ten-, -tin-, tent-

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To hold

Ex: tenacious, retentive

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Trem-

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To tremble

Ex: tremor, tremulous

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Varic-

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Twisted, swollen

Ex: varicography, varicose

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Vir-

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Virus

Ex: viral, virulent

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Vitr-

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glass

Ex: in vitro, vitreous