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50 Cards in this Set
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aut-
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Combining form- self
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crin-
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Combining form- (separate) secrete, secretion
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esthe(s)-
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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-
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combining form- (something written) a record
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graph-
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combining form- write, record
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iatr-
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combining form- healer, physician; treatment
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idi-
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combining form- of one's self
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kine-
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combining form- move
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kines(i)-
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combining form- movement, motion
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ly(s)-
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combining form- destroy, break down
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myx-
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combining form- mucus
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orth-
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combining form- straight, erect; normal
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ot-
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combining form- ear
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path-
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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-
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combining form- fall, sag, drop, prolapse
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pyr-
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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-
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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-
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combining form- a cutting, slice, incision
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ton-
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combining form- (a stretching) (muscular) tone, tension
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-ectasia, -ectasis
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compound suffix form- dilation, enlargement
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-ectomy
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compound suffix form- surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ
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-gen
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compound suffix form- substance that produces (something)
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-genesis
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compound suffix form- formation, origin
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-genic, -genous, -gram
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compound suffix forms- causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in a record of the activity of an organ (often a x-ray)
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-graph
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compound suffix form- an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
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-graphy
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compound suffix form-
1. the recording of the activity of an organ (usually during an x-ray examination) 2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject) |
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-lysis
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compound suffix form-dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
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-lytic
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compound suffix form- pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)
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-pathy
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compound suffix form- disease
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-ptosis
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compound suffix form- dropping, sagging, prolapse ( of an organ or part)
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-rrhagia
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compound suffix form- profuse discharge, hemorrhage
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-rrhea
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compound suffix form- profuse discharge, excessive secretion
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-rrhexis
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compound suffix form- bursting (of tissues), rupture
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-scope
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compound suffix form- an instrument for examining
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-scopy
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compound suffix form- examination
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-tome
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compound suffix form- a surgical instrument for cutting
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-tomy
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compound suffix form- surgical incision
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