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52 Cards in this Set
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aut- |
combining form self |
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crin- |
combining form [seperate] secrete, secretion |
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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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iater- |
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 straight, erect, normal |
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ot- |
combining form ear |
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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, sage, 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 [run] flow, secrete |
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rhag- |
combining form [burst forth] flow profusely, 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 stretching |
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tel- |
combining form end, completion |
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ten-, tenon(t)- |
combining form tendon |
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therap(eu)- |
combining form treat medically, heal |
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tom- |
combining form a cutting, slice, incision |
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ton- |
combining form [a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension |
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-ectasia, -ectasis |
compound suffix form dilation, enlargement |
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-ectomy |
compound suffix form surgical excision, removal of all [total excision] or part [partial excision] of an organ |
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-gen |
compound suffix form substance that produces [something], |
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-genesis |
compound suffix form formation, origin |
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-genic |
compoundsuffix form causing, producing, caused |
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-genous |
compoundsuffix form by, produced by or in |
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-gram |
compoundsuffix form a record of the activity of an organ [often an x-ray] |
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-graph |
compoundsuffix form an instrument for recording the activity of an organ |
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-graphy |
compoundsuffix form 1. the recording activity of an organ [usually by an x-ray examination] 2. a descriptive treatise [on a subject] |
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-lysis |
compoundsuffix form dissolution, reduction, decomposition, dosontegration |
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-lytic |
compoundsuffix form pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration [forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis] |
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-pathy |
compoundsuffix form disease |
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-ptosis |
compoundsuffix form dropping, sagging, prolapse [of an organ or part] |
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-rrhagia |
compoundsuffix form profuse discharge, hemorrhage |
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-rrhea |
compoundsuffix form profuse discharge, excessive secretion |
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-rrhexis |
compoundsuffix form bursting [of tissues], rupture |
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-scope |
compoundsuffix form an instrument for examining |
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-scopy |
compoundsuffix form examination |
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-tome |
compoundsuffix form a surgical instrument for cutting |
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-tomy |
compoundsuffix form surgical incision |