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50 Cards in this Set
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AUT-
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self
combining form |
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CRIN-
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[separate] secrete, secretion
combining form |
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esthe(s)-
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sensation, sensitivity, sense
combining form |
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gen(e)-, -gen
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come into being; produce
combining form |
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gram-
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[something written] a record
combining form |
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graph-
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write; record
combining form |
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iatr-
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healer, physician; treatment
combining form |
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idi-
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of one's self
combining form |
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kine-
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move
combining form |
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kines(i)-
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movement, motion
combining form |
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ly(s)-
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destroy, break down
combining form |
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myx-
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mucus
combining form |
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orth-
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straight, erect; normal
combining form |
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ot-
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ear
combining form |
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path-
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[suffering] disease
combining form |
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phil-
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love; have an affinity for
combining form |
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pt-
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fall, sag, drop, prolapse
combining form |
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pyr-
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[fire] fever, burning
combining form |
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pyret-
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fever
combining form |
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pyrex-
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be feverish
combining form |
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rhe-
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[run] flow, secrete
combining form |
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rhag-
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[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage
combining form |
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rhex-
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rupture
combining form |
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rhin-
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nose
combining form |
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scop-
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look at, examine
combining form |
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sep-
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[be putrid] be infected
combining form |
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ta-
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stretching
combining form |
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tel-
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end, completion
combining form |
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ten-, tenon(t)-
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tendon
combining form |
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therap(eu)-
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treat medically, heal
combining form |
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tom-
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a cutting, slice, incision
combining form |
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ton-
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{a stretching} (muscular) tone, tension
combining form |
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-ectasia, -ectasis
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dilation, enlargement
combining suffix form |
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-ectomy
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surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ
combing suffix form |
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-gen
|
substance that produces (something)
combining suffix form |
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-genesis
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formation, origin
combining suffix form |
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-genous
|
by, produced by or in
combining suffix form |
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-gram
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a record of the activity of an organ (often an X-ray)
combining suffix form |
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-graph
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an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
combining suffix form |
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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 (on a subject) combining suffix form |
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-lysis
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dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
combining suffix form |
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-lytic
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pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)
combining suffix form |
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-pathy
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disease
combining suffix forn |
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-ptosis
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dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
combining suffix form |
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-rrhagia
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profuse discharge, hemorrhage
combining suffix forn |
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-rrhea
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profuse discharge, excessive secretion
combining suffix forn |
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-scope
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an instrument for examining
combining suffix forn |
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-scopy
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examination
combining suffix forn |
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-tome
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a surgical instrument for cutting
combining suffix form |
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-tomy
|
surgical incision
combining suffix forn |