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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- |
Combing form move |
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KINES(I)- |
Combing 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 looking 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 |
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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 adjective from words ending 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 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 |