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49 Cards in this Set
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aut- from autos |
Combining Form self |
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crin- from krinein |
Combining Form secrete, secretion |
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esthe(s)- from aisthEsis |
Combining Form sensation, sensitivity, sense |
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gen(e)- or -gen from gignesthai |
Combining Form come into being produce |
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gram- from gramma |
Combining Form a record |
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graph- from graphein |
Combining Form write, record |
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iatr- from iatros |
Combining Form healer, physician, treatment |
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idi- from idios |
Combining Form one's self |
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kine- from kinein |
Combining Form move |
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kines(i)- from kinEsis |
Combining Form movement, motion |
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ly(s)- from lyein |
Combining Form destroy, break down |
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myx- from myxa |
Combining Form mucus |
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orth- from orthos |
Combining Form straight, erect; normal |
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ot- from ous, Otos |
Combining Form ear |
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path- from pathos |
Combining Form disease |
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phil- from philein |
Combining Form love; have an affinity for |
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pt- from piptein |
Combining Form fall, sag, drop, prolapse |
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pyr- from pyr, pyros |
Combining Form fever, burning |
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pyret- from pyretos |
Combining Form fever |
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pyrex- from pyressein |
Combining Form be feverish |
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rhe- from rhein |
Combining Form flow, secrete |
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rhag- from rhEgnynai |
Combining Form flow profusely, hemorrhage |
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rhex- from rhExis |
Combining Form rupture |
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rhin- from rhis, rhInos |
Combining Form nose |
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scop- from skopein |
Combining Form look at, examin |
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sep- from sEpein |
Combining Form be infected |
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ta- from tasis |
Combining Form stretching |
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tel- from telos |
Combining Form end, completion |
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ten- tenon(t)- from tenOn, tenontos |
Combining Form tendon |
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therap(eu)- from therapeuein |
Combining Form treat medically, heal |
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tom- from tomE |
Combining Form a cutting, slice, incision |
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ton- from tonos |
Combining Form (muscular) tone, tension |
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-ectasia -ecstasis |
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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-genesis |
Compound Suffix Form formation, origin |
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-genix |
Compound Suffix Form causing, producing, caused |
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-genous |
Compound Suffix Form by, produced by or in |
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-graphy |
Compound Suffix Form 1. the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray) 2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject) |
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-lysis |
Compound Suffix Form dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintigration |
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-lytic |
Compound Suffix Form pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (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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-(r)rhagia |
Compound Suffix Form profuse discharge, hemorrhage |
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-(r)rhea |
Compound Suffix Form profuse discharge, excessive secretion |
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-(r)rhexis |
Compound Suffix Form bursting (of tissues), rupture |
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-scope |
Compound Suffix Form an instrument 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 |