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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-
|
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 activitiy 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) dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration. |
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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 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, excession 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. |