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52 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 |
Combining form
come into being, produce |
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gram
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Combining form
(something written) 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
|
Combining form
nose |
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scop
|
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
|
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)
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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
|
Combining form
(a stretching) (muscular) tone, tension |
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ectasia
ectasis |
Compound Suffix Form
dilation, enlargement |
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ectomy
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Compound Suffix Form
surgical excision, removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) 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
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Compound Suffix Form
causing, producing, caused |
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genous
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Compound Suffix Form
by, produced by or in |
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gram
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Compound Suffix Form
a record of the activity of an organ (often an 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 by 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 tissue), rupture |
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scope
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Compound Suffix Form
an instrument used 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 |