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52 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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Gene(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-
|
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-
|
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, break down |
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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-
|
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-
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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-
|
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-
|
Combining form
Stretching |
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Tel-
|
Combining form
End, completion |
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Ten-, Tenon(t)-
|
Combining form
Tendon |
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Therap(eu)-
|
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
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Compound Suffix Form
dilation, enlargement |
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-Ectomy
|
Compound suffix form
surgical incision; 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
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Compound suffix form
Dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration |
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-Lytic
|
Compound suffix form
Pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis) |
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-Pathy
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Compound suffix form
Disease |
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-Ptosis
|
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
|
Compound suffix form
Profuse discharge, excessive secretion |
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-Rrhexis
|
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
|
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 |