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51 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, breakdown
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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, sag, 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)-
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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 Forms - dilation, enlargement
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-ectomy
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Compound Suffix Forms - surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ
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-gen
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Compound Suffix Forms - substance that produces (something)
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-genesis
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Compound Suffix Forms - formation, origin
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-genic, genous
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Compound Suffix Forms - causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in
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-gram
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Compound Suffix Forms - a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)
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-graph
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Compound Suffix Forms - an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
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-graphy
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Compound Suffix Forms - (1) the recording of activity of an organ (usually by x-ray)
(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject) |
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-lysis
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Compound Suffix Forms - dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
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-lytic
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Compound Suffix Forms - pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in "lysis")
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-pathy
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Compound Suffix Forms - disease
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-ptosis
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Compound Suffix Forms - dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
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-rrhagia
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Compound Suffix Forms - profuse discharge, hemorrhage
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-rrhea
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Compound Suffix Forms - profuse discharge, excessive secretion
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-rrhexis
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Compound Suffix Forms - bursting (of tissues), rupture
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-scope
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Compound Suffix Forms - an instrument for examining
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-scopy
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Compound Suffix Forms - examination
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-tome
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Compound Suffix Forms - a surgical instrument for cutting
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-tomy
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Compound Suffix Forms - surgical incision
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