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52 Cards in this Set
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aut- |
combining form- self |
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crin- |
combining form- (separate) secrete, secretion |
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esthe-, esthes- |
combining form- sensation, sensitivity, sense |
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gen-, gene-, gen |
combing form-come into being, produce |
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gram- |
combining form- (something written) a record |
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graph- |
combining form- write, record |
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iatr- |
combining form- healer, physician, treatment |
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idi- |
combining form-, of one's self |
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kine- |
combining form- move |
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kines-, kinesi- |
combining form- movement, motion |
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ly-, lys- |
combining form- destroy, break down |
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myx- |
combining form- mucus |
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orth- |
combining form- straight, erect, normal |
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ot- |
combining form- ear |
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path- |
combining form- (suffering) disease |
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phil- |
combining form- love, have an affinity for |
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pt- |
combining form- fall, sag, drop, prolapse |
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pyr- |
combining form- (fire) fever, burning |
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pyret- |
combining form- fever |
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pyrex- |
combining form- be feverish |
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rhe- |
combining form- (run) flow, secrete |
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rhag- |
combining form- (burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage |
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rhex- |
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- |
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-, tenoni- |
combining form- tendon |
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therap-, therapeu- |
combining form- treat medically, heal |
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tom- |
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 |
compound suffix form- surgical excision: removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ |
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-gen |
compound suffix form- substance that produces (something) |
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-genesis |
compound suffix form- formation, origin |
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-genic |
compound suffix form- causing, producing, caused |
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-genous |
compound suffix form- by, produced by or in |
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-gram |
compound suffix form- a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray) |
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-graph |
compound suffix form- an instrument for recording the activity of an organ |
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-graphy |
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 |
compound suffix form- dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration |
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-lytic |
compound suffix form- pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration ( forms adj. from words ending in -lysis) |
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-pathy |
compound suffix form- disease |
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-ptosis |
compound suffix form- dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or a part) |
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-rrhagia |
compound suffix form- profuse discharge, hemorrhage |
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-rrhea |
compound suffix form- profuse discharge, excessive secretion |
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-rrhexis |
compound suffix form- bursting (of tissues), rupture |
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-scope |
compound suffix form- an instrument for examining |
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-scopy |
compound suffix form- examination |
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-tome |
compound suffix form- a surgical instrument for cutting |
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-tomy |
compound suffix form- surgical incision |