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52 Cards in this Set
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Aut-
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Combining form
self |
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Crin-
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Combining form
[separate] secrete, secretion |
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Esthe(s)-
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Combining form
sensation, sensitivity, sense |
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Gen(e)-, -Gen
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Combining form
come into being; produce |
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Gram-
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Combining form
[something written] a record |
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Graph-
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Combining form
write, record |
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Iatr-
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Combining form
healer, physicians; treatment |
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Idi-
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Combining form
of one's self |
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Kine-
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Combining form
move |
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Kines(i)-
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Combining form
movement, motion |
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Ly(s)
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Combining form
destroy, break down |
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Myx-
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Combining form
mucus |
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Orth-
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Combining form
straight,erect; normal |
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Ot-
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Combining form
ear |
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Path-
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Combining form
[suffering] disease |
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Phil-
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Combining form
love; having an affinity for |
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Pt-
|
Combining form
fall, sag, drop, prolapse |
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Pyr-
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Combining form
[fire] fever, burning |
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Pyret-
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Combining form
fever |
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Pyrex-
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Combining form
be feverish |
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Rhe-
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Combining form
[run] flow secrete |
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Rhag-
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Combining form
[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage |
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Rhex-
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Combining form
rupture |
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Rhin-
|
Combining form
nose |
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Scop-
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Combining form
look at examine |
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Sep-
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Combining form
[be putrid] be infected |
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Ta-
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Combining form
stretching |
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Tel-
|
Combining form
end, completion |
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Ten-, Tenon(t)
|
Combining form
tendon |
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Therap(eu)-
|
Combining form
treat medicaly, heal |
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Tom-
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Combining form
a cutting slice, incision |
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Ton-
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[stretching] (muscular) tone, tension
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-ectasia, -ectasis
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Compound Suffix Form
dilation, enlargement |
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-ectomy
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Compound Suffix Form
surgical excision;removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ |
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-gen
|
Compound Suffix Form
substance that produces (something) |
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-genesis
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Compound Suffix Form
formation origin |
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-genic
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Compound Suffix Form
causing producing caused |
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-genous
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Compound Suffix Form
by, producing by or in |
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-gram
|
Compound suffix Form
a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray) |
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-graph
|
Compound suffix form
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ |
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-graphy
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Compound Suffix Form
(1) the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination) (2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject) dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration |
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-lysis
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Compound Suffix Form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration |
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-lytic
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Compound Suffix Form
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration(forms adjectives from words ending in lysis) |
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-pathy
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Compound Suffix Form
disease |
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-ptosis
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Compound Suffix Form
dropping, sagging, prolapse(of an organ or part) |
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-rrhagia
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Compound Suffix Form
profuse, discharge, hemorrhage |
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-rrhea
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Compound Suffix Form
profuse, discharge, excessive secretion |
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-rrhexis
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Compound Suffix Form
bursting (of tissue) rupture |
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-scope
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Compound Suffix Form
an instrument for examining |
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-scopy
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Compound Suffix Form
examination |
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-tome
|
Compound suffix form
a surgical instrument for cutting |
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-tomy
|
Compound suffix form
surgical incision |