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52 Cards in this Set
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AUT-, combining form
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self
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CRIN-, combining form
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[separate] secrete, secretion
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ESTHE(S)-, combining form
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sensation, sensitivity, sense
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GEN(E)-, -GEN, combining form
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come into being; produce
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GRAM-, combining form
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[something written] a record
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GRAPH-, combining form
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write, record
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IATR-, combining form
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healer, physician; treatment
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IDI-, combining form
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of one's self
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KINE-, combining form
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move
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KINES(I)-, combining form
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movement, motion
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LY(S)-, combining form
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destroy, break down
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MYX-, combining form
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mucus
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ORTH-, combining form
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straight, erect; normal
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OT-, combining form
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ear
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PATH-, combining form
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[suffering] disease
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PHIL-, combining form
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love; have an affinity for
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PT-, combining form
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fall, sag, drop, prolapse
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PYR-, combining form
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[fire] fever, burning
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PYRET-, combining form
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fever
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PYREX-, combining form
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be feverish
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RHE-, combining form
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[run] flow, secrete
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RHAG-, combining form
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[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage
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RHEX-, combining form
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rupture
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RHIN-, combining form
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nose
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SCOP-, combining form
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look at, examine
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SEP-, combining form
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[be putrid], be infected
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TA-, combining form
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stretching
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TEL-, combining form
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end, completion
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TEN-, TENON(T)-, combining form
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tendon
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THERAP(EU)-, combining form
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treat medically, heal
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TOM-, combining form
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a cutting, slice, incision
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TON-, combining form
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[a stretching](muscular) tone, tension
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-ectasia,-ectasis; compound suffix form
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dilation, enlargement
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-ectomy; compound suffix form
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surgical excision; removal of all(total excision)or part(partial excision) of an organ
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-gen; compound suffix form
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substance that produces(something)
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-genesis; compound suffix form
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formation, origin
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-genic; compound suffix form
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causing, producing, caused
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-genous; compound suffix form
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by, produced by or in
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-gram; compound suffix form
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a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)
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-graph; compound suffix form
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an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
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-graphy; compound suffix form
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(1) the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)
(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject) |
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-lysis; compound suffix form
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dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
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-lytic; compound suffix form
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pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)
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-pathy; compound suffix form
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disease
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-ptosis; compound suffix form
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dropping, sagging, prolapse(of an organ or part)
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-rrhagia; compound suffix form
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profuse discharge, hemorrhage
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-rrhea; compound suffix form
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profuse discharge, excessive secretion
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-rrhexis; compound suffix form
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bursting(of tissues), rupture
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-scope; combining suffix form
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an instrument for examining
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-scopy; compound suffix form
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examination
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-tome; compound suffix form
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a surgical instrument for cutting
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-tomy; compound suffix form
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surgical incision
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