CLA201H1 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Participle, Kelvin, Neoplasm
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Fix - (from lat figere, fixum = to fasten: prefix e. g pre-fix (lat prae = in front of, meaning of prefix can be: Intensive or perfective, sometimes little/no meaning see text p. 67. Suffix, e. g. fix-ate (action or fastening: suf; assimilated form from sub = under, this is the prefix. Latin prefixes: ab/ab/abs = [away from] (a-, rarely abs-, e. g. ab-normal, ab-erration, a-version, abs-tract, ad = [toward, when ad is followed by consonant the d changes into that consonant - this is called assimilation, e. g . In = [in, on: e. g. in-flame, im-port, ir-radiate. Infra = [below] e. g. infra-structure (below the structure) Intra = [within] e. g. intra-mural, intra-venous - won"t find much on tests. Infra is the opposite of supra: exempli gratia (e. g. ) In- = [not] (assimilate for l,m,r: e. g. in-ability, il-legal, im-potent, ir-rational, assimilate latin prefix, non- = [not, e. g. non-flammable. Se- = [apart] (cf. not the same as se as in per se: e. g. se-cretion, se-gregation, se-duction.
