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25 Cards in this Set
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-sc- |
inceptive ending beginning of an action |
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-ant, -ent, -ient |
adjective forming participle endings act or state of being |
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-ancy, -ence, -ience |
nonu forming participle ending act or state of being |
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-ate, -ide, -ite, -one |
suffixes used to form names of chemical substances |
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words containing coli- usually refer to the ___ ____ |
colon bacillus ("E Coli") |
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words containing cyst(i) usually refer to the ___ ____ |
urinary bladder |
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words containing cholecyst- usually refer to the _______ |
gallbladder |
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icterus is another word for |
jaundice |
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hypochondria |
a melancholy state for which there is no apparent cause |
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if edema occurs in generalized locations over large areas of the body, it is sometimes called ___ or ____ |
hydrops, dropsy |
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a person with the genital organs of both sexes is known as a ______ |
hermaphrodite |
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words ending in -plasty refer to |
plastic or restorative surgery |
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words ending in -tropism refer to |
the turning of living organisms toward or away from an external stimulus |
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words ending in -clast indicate |
an instrument or device for breaking or crushing |
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words ending in -stat indicate |
a device or agent for stopping the flow of something |
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words ending in -meter indicate |
an instrument for measuring |
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words ending in -tome indicate |
a device for cutting or excising |
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-ad |
english adverb forming suffix indicates direction toward a part of the body |
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dextrad |
toward the right side |
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sinistrad |
toward the left side |
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cephalad |
toward the head |
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chancre |
a venereal ulcer |
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occiput |
back part of the head |
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sinciput |
fore and upper part of the cranium/upper half of the skull |
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"s" is an example of an ___ ___ |
epithetic consonant |
