Lesson 4 flashcards 2
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self - crin-
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(seperate) secrete, secretion - esthe(s)-
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sensation, sensitivity, sense - gen(e)- , -gen
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come into being, produce - gram-
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(something written) a record - graph-
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write, record - iatr-
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healer, physician, treatment - idi-
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of one's self - kine-
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move - kines(i)-
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movement, motion - ly(s)-
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destroy, break down - myx-
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mucus - orth-
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straight, erect, normal - ot-
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ear - path-
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(suffering) disease - phil-
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love, have an affinity for - pt-
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fall, sag, drop, prolapse - pyr-
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(fire) fever, burning - pyret-
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fever - rhe-
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(run) flow, secrete - rhag-
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(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage - rhex-
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rupture - rhin-
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nose - scop-
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look at, examine - sep-
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(be putrid) be infected - ta-
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stretching - tel-
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end, completion - ten-, tenon(t)-
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tendon - therap(eu)-
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treat medically, heal - tom-
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a cutting, slice, incision - ton-
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(a stretching)(muscular) tone, tension - - ectasia, -ectasis
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dilation, enlargement - -ectomy
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surgical excision, removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ - -gen
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substance that produces (something) - -genesis
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formation, origin - -genic
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causing, producing, caused - -genous
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by, produced by or in - -gram
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a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray) - -graph
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an instrument for recording the activity of an organ - -graphy
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1. the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)
2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject) - -lysis
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dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration - -lytic
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pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis) - -pathy
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disease - -ptosis
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dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part) - -rrhagia
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profuse discharge, hemorrhage - -rrhea
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profuse discharge, excessive secretion - -rrhexis
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bursting (of tissues), rupture - -scope
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an instrument for examining - -scopy
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examination - -tome
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a surgical instrument for cutting - -tomy
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surgical incision