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UBC CLST301-Module 9 You Are What You Eat
Common Roots, Adj Roots indicating relative positions and Terminations
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04/05/2011
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Term
acr-
 Definition
extremities (of the body); height; tip(s)
Term
anomal-
 Definition
irregular
Term
ather-
 Definition
yellowish plaque
Term
bromat-
sit-
 Definition
food
Term
dors-
 Definition
back (as opposed to front)
Term
febr-
 Definition
fever [followed by the connecting vowel “i”]
Term
heter-
 Definition
different; other
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hom-
home-
homoi-
 Definition
same; unchanging
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phag-
 Definition
eating; chewing; biting; swallowing; devouring
Term
troph-
nutri-
nutrit-
 Definition
nutrition [Note; troph- may also mean "growth"]
Term
ventr-
 Definition
front
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anter-
 Definition
before; front; in front
Term
dextr-
 Definition
right [i.e., as opposed to left]
Term
dist-
 Definition
distal; farthest [from the centre or point of reference]
Term
extern-
 Definition
outside
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infer-
 Definition
below
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intern-
 Definition
inside
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lev-
 Definition
left; counter-clockwise
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poster-
 Definition
behind
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proxim-
 Definition
proximal; nearest [from the centre or the point of reference]
Term
retr-
 Definition
behind; backward
Term
sinistr-
 Definition
left
Term
super-
 Definition
above [not a prefix when it is followed by a connecting vowel]
Term
tel-
tele-
 Definition
end [noun]; distant; at a distance
Term
-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
Term
-clasis
-clasia
 Definition
act of breaking (something) up
Term
-clysis
 Definition
irrigation
Term
-plasia
 Definition
proliferation; growth; development [in reference to tissue or cells]
Term
-phage
 Definition
one that eats ["one" could be any life form]
Term
-phagia
-phagy
 Definition
eating; chewing; swallowing; devouring
Term
-schisis
 Definition
splitting
Term
-tripsy
-tripsis
 Definition
crushing; rubbing; friction
Term
-trophy
 Definition
nutrition; growth