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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(s)- |
combining form
sensation, sensitivity, sense |
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gen(e)-, -gen |
combining 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(i)- |
combining form
movement, motion |
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ly(s)- |
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(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 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 adjectives from words ening 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 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 tissue), 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 |