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