I'dreana-Richard Med. Vocabulary Ch. 4

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Aut-

Back 1

Combining form
self

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Crin-

Back 2

Combining form
(separate) secrete, secretion

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Esthe(s)-

Back 3

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-

Back 5

Combining form
(something written) a record

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Graph-

Back 6

Combining form
write, record

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Iatr-

Back 7

Combining form
healer, physician; treatment

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Idi-

Back 8

Combining form
of one's self

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Kine-

Back 9

Combining form
move

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Kines(I)-

Back 10

Combining form
movement, motion

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Ly(s)-

Back 11

Combining form
destroy, break down

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Myx-

Back 12

Combining form
mucus

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Orth-

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Combining form
straight, erect; normal

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Ot-

Back 14

Combining form
ear

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Path-

Back 15

Combining form
(suffering) disease

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Phil-

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Combining form
love; have an affinity for

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Pt-

Back 17

Combining form
fall, sag, drop, prolapse

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Pyr-

Back 18

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-

Back 21

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-

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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-

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Combining form
end, completion

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Ten- Tenon(t)-

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Combining form
tendon

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Therap(eu)-

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Combining form
treat medically, heal

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Tom-

Back 31

Combining form
a cutting, slice, incision

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Ton-

Back 32

Combining form
(a stretching) (muscular) tone, tension

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-ectasia -ectasis -ectomy

Back 33

Combining suffix form
dilation, enlargement surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ

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-gen

Back 34

Combining suffix form
substance that produces (something)

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-genesis

Back 35

Combining suffix form
formation, origin

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-genic - genous

Back 36

Combining suffix form
causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

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-gram

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Combining suffix form
a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

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-graph

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Combining suffix form
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

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-graphy

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Combining suffix form
1. the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)
2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject) dissolution,

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-lysis

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Combining suffix form
reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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-lytic

Back 41

Combining suffix form
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)

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-pathy

Back 42

Combining suffix form
disease

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-ptosis

Back 43

Combining suffix form
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

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-rrhagia

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Combining suffix form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

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-rrhea

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Combining suffix form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

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-rrhexis

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Combining suffix form
bursting (of tissues), rupture

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-scope

Back 47

Combining suffix form
an instrument for examining

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-scopy

Back 48

Combining suffix form
examination

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-tome

Back 49

Combining suffix form
a surgical instrument for cutting

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-tomy

Back 50

Combining suffix form
surgical incision