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UBC CLST301-Module 6 Breath In, Breath Out
Substance Roots
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Undergraduate 3
04/06/2011

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acet-
Definition
vinegar; acid
Term
aer-
pneum-
pneumat-
phys-
Definition
air; gas
Term
amyl-
Definition
starch
Term
blenn-
myx-
muc-
Definition
mucus
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calc-
calcin-
Definition
calcium; calcium salts; lime
Term
chol-
chole-
bili-
Definition
bile; gall [neither chole- nor bili- are followed by connecting vowels]
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chyl-
Definition
chyle; milky fluid in the intestines
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chym-
Definition
chyme; gastric pulp
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gli-
Definition
glue
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coll-
gluten-
glutin-
Definition
jelly; gelatin; glue
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copr-
scat-
fec-
fecal-
sterc-
stercor-
Definition
feces
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frug-
fruct-
fructos-
Definition
fruit sugar
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galact-
lact-
Definition
milk
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gluc-
glyc-
sacchar-
Definition
sugar
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hal-
sal-
Definition
salt
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hyal-
vitri-
Definition
glass
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hydr-
aqu-
aqua-
aque-
Definition
water; watery substance [Note: only hydr- means both "water" and "watery substance"]
Term
kerat-
cerat-
cornu-
corne-
Definition
horn (noun); horn-like (adj)
Term
lith-
Definition
stone; calculus [pl. calculi] [when used with the terminations -ectomy or -tomy, lith- is placed directly in front of the termination, with the root which indicates the location of the stone/calculus preceding it, e.g. aortolithotomy means “act of cutting the aorta to remove a stone”]
Term
myc-
mycet-
Definition
fungus
Term
nephel-
Definition
mist; cloudiness
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ole-
Definition
oil
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oxy-
Definition
oxygen; acid
[no connecting vowel follows]
Term
pharmac-
Definition
drug
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