480 POSTFIXES. 



fruitful ; stable, not able : un before a verb signifies ' to deprive of; 



to undo ; wwdress, to take off clothes ; smcrown, to deprive of a 



crown : un is equivalent to the Latin prefix in when it signifies 



' not ' : in and un are often used indifferently before adjectives see 



in. 



undecim-, un'dZs-im (L. undecim, eleven), eleven ; in Gr. endeJca. 

 under (Goth, undar, Ger. unter, under), that which is less than right 



or ordinary ; lower in rank or degree ; beneath : underco&t, a coat 



beneath ; under-clerk, an inferior clerk. 

 uni-, un'-l (L. units, one), one ; in Gr. mono ; as tmiparons, having only 



one at a birth. 

 utero-, utter -6 (L. uterus, the womb), denoting connection with the 



womb ; as wfero-abdominal, pert, to the uterus and the abdomen. 

 vegeto-, vedj'et-0 (L. vegetus, lively, vigorous from veged, I quicken), 



denoting connection with vegetable life; as vegeto-&nima,I, having the 



nature of both vegetable and animal life. 

 viginti-, vldj-m'-ti (L. viginti, twenty), twenty ; in Gr. icosi. 

 xylo-, zil'O (L. xulon, wood), denoting some connection with wood. 



POSTFIXES. 



A postfix is a particle, generally significant, placed after a word, or a root, to 

 modify its meaning. Note. There are many postfixes or terminations which are 

 not now significant. These are letters or syllables in present use which apparently 

 serve only to lengthen the words, though once significant. The postfixes are placed 

 in groups according to their signification. In the examples the root-parts are printed 

 in black type, and the postfixes in italics. 



Those postfixes only are given in the following list which affect scientific terms. 



e, d'-se-e (L. dceus), in bot., a postfix which terminates the names 

 of Orders ; as Droceracece, the Sundew family of plants ; Oxalidaceee, 

 the Wood-sorrel family of plants. 



-aceous, d'-slius, and -ous, us, aceous denotes resemblance to a sub- 

 stance ; as membranacecws, resembling a membrane, having the 

 consistence or structure of membrane ; carbonaceous, partaking of 

 the qualities or appearance of carbon : ous denotes the substance 

 itself ; as membranous, belonging to, or consisting of, membranes. 



-adse, ad'-e, the same as idse, which see. 



-agoga, ag-og'-a, and -agogue, ag-og' (Gr. agogos, a leader from ago, 

 I lead or drive), denoting substances which expel others ; as emmen- 

 agogue, a medicine which has the power of promoting the menstrual 

 discharge. 



-agra, ag'-ra (Gr. agra, a seizure), denoting a seizure of pain ; as podagra, 

 gout of the foot. 



-algia, alj'i'd (Gr. algos, pain), denoting the presence of pain ; asnephr- 

 algia, pain, or neuralgia, in the kidney : same as -odynia. 



-ana, an'a (L. anus}, denoting a collection of memorable sayings 

 or loose thoughts ; as Johnsoniawa, a collection of the sayings, etc., of 

 Johnson. 



-ate, at (L. dtus), in chem., a postfix which, substituted in the name of 

 an acid ending in ic, expresses a combination of that acid with a 



