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51 Cards in this Set
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aut- |
combining form
self |
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crin-
|
combining form |
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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- |
combining form
(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 |
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ot-
|
combining form |
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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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pyrex-
|
combining form
be feverish |
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rhe-
|
combining form |
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rhag-
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(burst forth) flow prefusely, 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 |
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tel-
|
combining form |
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ten-, tenon(t)-
|
combining form
tendon |
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therap(eu)-
|
combining form |
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tom-
|
combining form |
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ton-
|
combining form |
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-ectasia, -ectasis
|
compound suffix
dilation, enlargement |
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-ectomy
|
compound suffix |
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-gen
|
compound suffix |
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-genesis
|
compound suffix |
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-genic, -genous |
compound suffix |
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-gram
|
compound suffix |
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-graph
|
compound suffix
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ |
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-graphy
|
compound suffix
(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
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration |
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-lytic |
compound suffix
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis) |
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-pathy
|
compound suffix
disease |
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-ptosis
|
compound suffix
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part) |
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-rrhagia
|
compound suffix
profuse discharge, hemorrhage |
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-rrhea
|
compound suffix
profuse discharge, excessive secretion |
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-rrhexis |
compound suffix
bursting (of tissues), rupture |
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-scope
|
compound suffix
an instrument for examining |
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-scopy
|
compound suffix
examination |
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-tome
|
compound suffix
a surgical instrument for cutting |
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-tomy
|
compound suffix
surgical incision |