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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
[seperate] 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-
|
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, 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-
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Combining form
love; have an affinity for |
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PT-
|
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] secrete, flow |
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RHAG-
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Combining form
[burst forth] flow profusely, hemmorage |
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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(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
|
Compound Suffix Form
dilation, enlargement |
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-ectomy
|
Compound Suffix Form
surgical excision; removal of all (total) or part (partial) 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
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Compound Suffix Form
by, produced by, in (ambiguous) |
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-gram
|
Compound Suffix Form
a record of the activity of an organ |
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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 |
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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
|
Compound Suffix Form
profuse discharge, hemorrage |
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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 |