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52 Cards in this Set
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AUT-
|
combining form
self |
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CRIN-
|
combining form
(separate)secrete, secretion |
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ESTHE(S)-
|
combining form
sensation, sensitivity, sense |
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GEN(E)-,-GEN
|
combining form
come into being; produce |
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GRAM-
|
combining form
(something written)a record |
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GRAPH-
|
combining form
write, record |
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IATR-
|
combining form
healer, physician, treatment |
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IDI-
|
combining form
of one's self |
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KINE-
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move
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KINES(I)-
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movement, motion
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LY(S)-
|
combining form
destroy, break down |
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MYX-
|
combining form
mucus |
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ORTH-
|
combining form
straight, erect, normal |
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OT-
|
combining form
ear |
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PATH-
|
combining form
(suffering) disease |
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PHIL-
|
combining form
love, have an affinity for |
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PT-
|
combining form
fall, sag, drop, prolapse |
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PYR-
|
combining form
(fire), fever, burning |
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PYRET-
|
combining form
fever |
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PRYEX-
|
combining form
be feverish |
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RHE-
|
combining form
(run), flow, secrete |
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RHAG-
|
combining form
(burst forth), flow profusely, hemorrhage |
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RHEX-
|
combining form
rupture |
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RHIN-
|
combining form
nose |
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SCOP-
|
combining form
look at, examine |
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SEP-
|
combining form
(be putrid), be infected |
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TA-
|
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 medically, heal |
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TOM-
|
combining form
a cutting, slice, incision |
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TON-
|
combining form
(a streching)(muscular)tone, tension |
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-ectasia, -ectasis
|
compound suffix form
dilation, enlargement |
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-ectomy
|
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
|
compound suffix form
formation, origin |
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-genic
|
compound suffix form
causing, producing, caused |
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-genous
|
compound suffix form
by, produced 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 recoding the activity of an organ |
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-graphy
|
compound suffix form
(1) the recording of the activity of an organ( usually by x-ray examination) |
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-lysis
|
compound suffix form
(2) a descripted treatise(on a subject)dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration |
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-lytic
|
compound suffix form
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintergration( forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis) |
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-pathy
|
compound suffix form
disease |
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-ptosis
|
compound suffix form
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part) |
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-rrhagia
|
compound suffix form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage |
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-rrhea
|
compound suffix form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion |
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-rrhexis
|
compound suffix form
bursting(of tissue), ruptue |
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-scope
|
compound suffix form
an instument for examining |
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-scopy
|
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 |