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52 Cards in this Set
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Aut-
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Combing Form
Self Ex. aut-ism |
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Crin-
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Combing form
Separate, Secrete, Secretion Ex. endo-crin-ology |
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Esthe(s)-
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Combing Form
Sensation, Sensitivity, Sense Ex. esthe-tics |
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Gen(e)-, -Gen
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Combing Form
Come into being, produce Ex. gene-tics |
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Gram-
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Combing form
[something written] a record Ex. cardio-gram |
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Graph-
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Combing Form
write, record Ex. Graph-ology |
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Iatr-
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Combing Form
Healer, physician; treatment Ex. iatr-ogenic |
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Idi-
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Combing Form
of one's self Ex. idi-opathic |
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Kine-
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Combing Form
move Ex. Kine-tics |
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Kines(i)-
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Combing Form
Movement, motion Ex. Kines-iology |
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Ly(s)-
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Combing Form
destroy, break down Ex. Hemo-lys- is |
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Myx-
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Combing Form
mucus Ex. Myx-ocyte |
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Orth-
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Combing Form
Straight, erect, normal Ex. orth-odontia |
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Ot-
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Combing Form
ear Ex. ot-algia |
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Path-
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Combing Form
[suffering] disease Ex. path-ogen |
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Phil-
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Combing Form
love, have an affinity for Ex. hemo-phil-iac |
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Pt-
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Combing Form
fall, sag, drop, prolapse Ex. hystero-pt-osis |
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Pyr-
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Combing Form
[fire] fever, burning Ex. pyr-omania |
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Pyret-
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Combing Form
fever Ex. anti-pyret- ic |
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Pyrex-
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Combing Form
be feverish Ex. pyrex-in |
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Rhe-
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Combing Form
[run] flow, secrete Ex. diar-rhe-a |
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Rhag-
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Combing Form
[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage Ex. menor-rhag-ia |
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Rhex-
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Combing Form
rupture Ex. rhex-is |
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Rhin-
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Combing Form
nose Ex. rhin-oplasty |
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Scop-
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Combing Form
look at, examine Ex. oto-scop-y |
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Sep-
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Combing Form
[be putrid] be infected Ex. sep-sis |
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Ta-
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Combing Form
scretching Ex. myo-ta-tic |
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Tel-
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Combing Form
end, completion Ex. tel-angion |
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Ten-, Tenon(T)-
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Combing Form
tendon Ex. ten-odesis |
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Therap(eu)
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Combing Form
treat medically, heal Ex. therapeu-tics |
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Tom-
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Combing Form
a cutting, slice, incision Ex. tom-ography |
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Ton-
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Combing Form
[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension Ex. ton-icity |
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-ectasia, -ectasis
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Compound Suffix Forms
dilation, enlargement Ex. cardi-ectasia, nephr-ectasis |
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-ectomy
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Compound Suffix Forms
surgical excision, removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ Ex. gastr-ectomy, nephr-ectomy |
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-gen
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Compound Suffix Forms
substance that produces (something) Ex. antitoxino-gen, carcino-gen |
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-genesis
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Compound Suffix Forms
formation, origin Ex. lipo-genesis, patho-genesis |
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-genic
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Compound Suffix Forms
causing, producing, caused Ex. carcino-genic |
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-gram
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Compound Suffix Forms
a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray) (Fig.4-1) Ex. cardio-gram, angio-gram |
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-graph
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Compound Suffix Forms
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ Ex. poly-graph, cardio-graph |
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-graphy
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Compound Suffix Forms
(1) the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination) (2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject) Ex. cholangio-graphy, cysto-graphy Ex. spleno-graphy, osteo-graphy |
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-lysis
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Compound Suffix Forms
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disinte-gration Ex. hemo-lysis, pyreto-lysis |
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-lytic
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Compound Suffix Forms
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis) Ex. hemo-lytic, bacterio-lytic |
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-pathy
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Compound Suffix Forms
disease Ex. neuro-pathy, cardio-pathy |
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-ptosis
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Compound Suffix Forms
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part) Ex. gastro-ptosis, colo-ptosis |
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-rrhagia
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Compound Suffix Forms
profuse discharge, hemorrhage Ex. leuko-rrhagia, meningo-rrhagia |
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-rrhea
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Compound Suffix Forms
profuse discharge, excessive secretion Ex. rhino-rrhea, myxo-rrhea |
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-rrhexsis
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Compound Suffix Forms
bursting (of tissues), rupture Ex. angio-rrhexis, entero-rrhexis |
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-scope
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Compound Suffix Forms
an instrument for examining rhino-scope, colpo-scope |
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-scopy
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Compound Suffix Forms
examination Ex. endo-scopy, cysto-scopy adenoma- |
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-tome
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Compound Suffix Forms
a surgical instrument for cutting Ex. adenoma-tome, gastro-tome |
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-tomy
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Compound Suffix Forms
surgical incision Ex. cholecysto-tomy, abdominohystero-tomy |
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-genous
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Compound Suffix Forms
by, produced by or in Ex. Ex. hepato-genous † |