integ-
(Latin: whole, complete)
disintegrate
1. To separate into its component parts or particles; to reduce to fragments, break up, destroy the cohesion or integrity of (as by mechanical or atmospheric action).
2. To separate or break off as particles or fragments from the whole mass or body.
disintegrated
Reduced to fragments, broken up; broken off as fragments.
disintegration
A lack of integrity or entireness; an unsound or disintegrated condition.
disintegrity
Reduction to component particles, breaking up; destruction of cohesion or integrity.
entire
entirely
entirety
The whole extent of something.
integer
1. A member of the set of positive whole numbers (1, 2, 3, etc), negative whole numbers (-1, -2, -3, etc.), and zero (0).
2. A complete entity or unit.
3. Etymology: "whole, entire", from Latin integer, "whole"; literally, "intact, untouched", from in- "not" + root of tangere, "to touch".
integral
1. Essential for completeness; having everything required; entire.
2. A complete unit; whole.
integrate
To make into a whole by bringing all parts together; unify.
integration
The act or process of integrating.
integrity
1. Firm adherence to a code or standard of values; priority.
2. The state of being unimpaired; soundness.
3. The quality or condition of being undivided; completeness.
redintegrate, redintegration
1. To restore to a state of wholeness, completeness or unity; to renew, re-establish, in a united or perfect state.
2. To become united again.
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