Lesson 4

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aut–

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self

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crin–

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(seperate) secrete, secretion

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esthe(s)–

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sensation, sensitivity, sense

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gen(e)–, –gen

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come into being; produce

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gram–

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(something written) a record

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graph–

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write, record

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iatr–

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healer, physician; treatment

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idi–

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of one's self

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kine–

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move

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kines(i)–

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movement, motion

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ly(s)–

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destroy, break down

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myx–

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mucus

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orth–

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straight, erect; normal

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ot–

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ear

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path–

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(suffering) disease

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phil–

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love; have an affinity for

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pt–

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fall, sag, drop, prolapse

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pyr–

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(fire) fever, burning

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pyret–

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fever

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pyrex–

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be feverish

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rhe–

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(run) flow, secrete

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rhag–

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(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage

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rhex–

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rupture

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rhin–

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nose

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scop–

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look at, examine

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sep–

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(be putrid) be infected

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ta–

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stretching

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tel–

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end, completion

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ten–, tenon(t)–

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tendon

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therap(eu)–

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treat medically, heal

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tom–

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a cutting slice, incision

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ton–

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[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

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–ectasia, –ectasis

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dilation, enlargement

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–ectomy

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surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ

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–gen

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substance that produces (something)

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–genesis

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formation, origin

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–genic

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causing, producing, caused

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–genous

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by, produced by or in

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–gram

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a record of the activity of an organ(often an x–ray)

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–graph

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an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

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–graphy

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(1) the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x–ray examination
(2) a descriptive treatise (ona subject)

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–lysis

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dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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–lytic

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pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

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–pathy

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disease

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–ptosis

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dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

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–rrhagia

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profuse, discharge, hemorrhage

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–rrhea

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profuse, discharge, excessive secretion

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–rrhexis

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bursting (of tissues), rupture

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–scope

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an instrument for examining

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–scopy

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examination

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–tome

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a surgical instrument for cutting

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–tomy

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surgical incision