Ch 2: Key Verbs Flashcards

These verbs may be attached to stem word parts to form additional words. Prefixes can be added to form new variations of the words.

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1
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-algia

A

pain

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2
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-audi, -audio

A

hear, hearing

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3
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bio-

A

to live

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4
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cau-, caus-

A

to burn

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5
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-centesis

A

punture, perforate

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6
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-clas-, -clast, -clasis

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to smash, breakdown

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7
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-duct-, -doch-

A

canal or to draw

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8
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-dynia

A

pain

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9
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-ecta, ectasis

A

to dilate

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10
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-edem-

A

to swell

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11
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-ethes/ia,

phoro-

A

to feel (physical)

to sense(mental)

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12
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-fiss-, -schiz-

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to split

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13
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-flec-, -flex-

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to bend

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14
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flu-,flux-

A

to flow

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15
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-gen

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to produce, form, develop, or begin

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16
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-iatr-, -iatr/o, therap/y

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to treat, cure

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17
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-kine-, -kino-, kinesio-, -praxia

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to move

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18
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-liga, -desis

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to bind

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19
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-o/log/y

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to study

20
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-ly, -lysis

A

to break up, to dissolve

21
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-morph-, -morpho

A

form, shape

22
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olfact-, -osmia

A

to smell

23
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-op-, opt-, -opto, -opsy

A

vision, sight, or to see

24
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palpit-

A

to flutter

25
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-par-, -part, -patrus-, -toci-

A

to labor

26
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-pep-

A

to digest

27
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-pexy

A

to fix

28
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-phag-,-phago-

A

to eat

29
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-phas-

A

to speak, utter

30
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-phil-

A

to like, love, affinity for

31
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-phob-

A

to fear

32
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-phrag-

A

fence off, to wall off

33
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-plas-, -plasm, -plast/y

A

repair, to form, grow

34
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-pleg-

A

to be paralyzed

35
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-pnea

A

to breathe

36
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-phono-

A

voice or sound

37
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-poie-

A

to make

38
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-ptosis

A

to fall, to droop

39
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-o/rrhagia

A

to burst forth, pour

40
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-o/rrhaphy

A

to suture

41
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-o/rrhea

A

to flow, discharge

42
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-o/rrhexis

A

to rupture

43
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-therap/y

A

heal, treat, cure

44
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-tomy

A

to cute, in/cise

45
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-troph-, -troph/y

A

to nourish, to develop, formation process

46
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-volvo-

A

to turn, twist

47
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-vulvo-

A

to cover