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UBC CLST301-Module 11 Bodily Fluids
Miscellaneous Adjective Roots
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Undergraduate 3
04/05/2011
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Term
all-
 Definition
other; another; divergent; alternating
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anis-
 Definition
unequal
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astr-
aster-
 Definition
star-shaped
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atel-
 Definition
incomplete
Term
atret-
 Definition
without an opening (to an organ or structure)
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brachy-
 Definition
short [no connecting vowel follows]
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brady-
 Definition
slow [no connecting vowel follows]
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idi-
 Definition
individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown
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is-
equ-
 Definition
equal [equ- is followed by connecting vowel "i"]
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lept-
 Definition
thin
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macr-
 Definition
large; long
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megal-
 Definition
large
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mes-
 Definition
middle
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micr-
 Definition
small
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olig-
 Definition
few; small; scanty
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orth-
 Definition
straight; normal; correct
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oxy-
 Definition
acute; swift; sharp; sour [no connecting vowel follows]
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pachy-
 Definition
thick [no connecting vowel follows]
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pale-
 Definition
old;ancient
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poikil-
 Definition
mottled; varied; irregular
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prosth-
prosthet-
 Definition
artificial
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prot-
 Definition
earliest; first
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pseud-
 Definition
false; imaginary
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schist-
schiz-
 Definition
split
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scirrh-
 Definition
hard [adj root], cancerous tumour [noun root[
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scoli-
 Definition
crooked; laterally curved
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sten-
 Definition
narrow; constricted
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tach-
tachy-
 Definition
rapid [no connecting vowel follows tachy-]
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xen-
 Definition
strange/foreign [adj roots]; foreigner [noun root]
Term
xer-
sicc-
 Definition
dry
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