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19 Cards in this Set
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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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-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
-genous |
compound suffix form
causing, producing, caused 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. |
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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 tissues), rupture |
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-scope
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compound suffix form
an instrument 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 |
