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51 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-
|
[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-
|
combining form
move |
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KINES(I)-
|
combining form
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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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 stretching] (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 |
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-GRAPH
|
compound suffix form
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ |
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-GRAPHY
|
compound suffix form
1. the recording of the activity of an organ 2. a descriptive treatise |
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-LYSIS
|
compound suffix form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration |
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-LYTIC
|
compound suffix form
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration |
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-PATHY
|
compound suffix form
disease |
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-PTOSIS
|
compound suffix form
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ) |
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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 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 |