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27 Cards in this Set
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ALVE-*
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Combining form
Hollow, cavity Ex. Alve-us |
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AMYGDAL-
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Combining form
[almond] tonsil Ex. AMYGDAL-IN |
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Anthrax-, anthrac-
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Combining form
Coal, anthrax Ex. Anthrac-oid |
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Aux-, -auxe-, -auxis
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Combining form
Grow, increase Ex. Aux-in |
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Bacteri-
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Combining form
[small staff] bacterium Ex. Bacteri-a |
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Bronch(I)-
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Combining form
[windpipe] bronchus Ex. Bronchi-al |
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Capn-
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Combining form
[smoke] carbon dioxide Ex. Hypo-capn-ia |
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cocc-, -coccus
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combining form
[berry] coccus (a type of spherical bacterium) ex. strepto-coccus |
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coni-, koni-
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combining form
dust ex. coni-ofibrosis |
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LABI-
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COMBINING FORM
LIP EX. LABI-ONASAL |
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LARYNX-, LARYNG-
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COMBINING FORM
LARNYX EX. LARYNG-ITIS |
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PARESIS
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COMBINING FORM
SLACKENING OF STRENGTH, PARALYSIS EX. VASO-PARESIS |
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PHARYNX, PHARYNG-
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COMBINING FORM
[THROAT] PHARYNX EX. PHARYNG-CAL |
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PHYS-
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COMBINING FORM
AIR, GAS EX. PHYS-OMETRA |
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PLEUR-
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COMBINING FORM
[SIDE] PLEURA EX. PLEUR-ITIS |
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PNE-
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COMBINING FORM
BREATHE EX. A-PNE-A |
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PNEUM(AT)-
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COMBINING FORM
[BREATHE] AIR, GAS EX. PNEUM-ARTHROSIS |
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PNEUM(ON)-
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COMBINING FORM
LUNG EX. PNEUMON-IA |
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SIDER-
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COMBINING FORM
IRON EX. SIDER-OCYTE |
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SPIR(AT)-
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COMBINING FORM
BREATHE EX. A-SPIRAT-OR |
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STAPHYL-
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COMBINING FORM
[bunch of grapes] uvula, palate; staphylococci (microorganisms that cluster together like a bunch of grapes) EX. staphyl-oderma |
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STERN-
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COMBINING FORM
CHEST, BREAST, BREASTBONE EX. STERN-OCOSTAL |
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STETH-
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COMBINING FORM
CHEST, BREAST EX. STETH-OSCOPE |
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STREPT-
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COMBINING FORM
[twisted] streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains) EX. strept-icemia |
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SUD(OR)-
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COMBINING FORM
SWEAT, FLUID EX. TRAN-SUD-ATE |
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THORAX-, THORAC-
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COMBINING FORM
CHEST CAVITY, PLEURAL CAVITY, THORAX EX. PNEUMO-THORAX |
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TRACH(E)-, TRACHY-
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COMBINING FORM
[ROUGH] TRACHEA EX. TRACHE-OSTOMY |
