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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, sage, 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)-
|
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 (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ |
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-gen
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Noun-forming suffix
substance that produces (something) |
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-genesis
|
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
|
Compound Suffix Form
by, produced by or in |
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-gram
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Noun-forming suffix
a record of the activity of an organ |
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-graphy
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Verb and Noun forming suffix
1. the recording of the activity of an organ 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
|
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
|
Compound Suffix Form
examination |
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-tome
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Compound Suffix Form
a surgical instrument for cutting |