Ch 3 Combining Forms/Suffix/Prefix Flashcards

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1
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-derma

A

skin condition

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2
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electr/o

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electricity

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erythr/o

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red

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hidr/o

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sweat

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ichthy/o

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scaly, dry

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kerat/o

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hard, horny

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leuk/o

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white

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lip/o

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fat

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melan/o

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black

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albin/o

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white

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cauter/o

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to burn

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corpor/o

A

body

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cry/o

A

cold

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14
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cutane/o

A

skin

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derm/o, dermat/o

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skin

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diaphor/o

A

profuse sweating

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myc/o

A

fungus

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18
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necr/o

A

death

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onych/o

A

nail

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20
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pedicul/o

A

lice

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21
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phot/o

A

light

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py/o

A

pus

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rhytid/o

A

wrinkle

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sarc/o

A

flesh

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scler/o

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hard

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seb/o

A

oil

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27
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system/o

A

system

28
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trich/o

A

hair

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ungu/o

A

nail

30
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vesic/o

A

bladder

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xer/o

A

dry

32
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allo-

A

other, different from usual

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xeno-

A

foreign

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bas/o

A

the base

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angi/o

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vessel

36
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bi/o

A

life

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carcin/o

A

cancer

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chem/o

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chemical

39
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cis/o

A

to cut

40
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corpor/o

A

body

41
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cortic/o

A

outer layer

42
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esthesi/o

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feeling

43
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melan/o

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black

44
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septic/o

A

infection

45
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-al

A

pertaining to

46
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-ectomy

A

surgical removal

47
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-emia

A

blood condition

48
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-ia

A

condition , state

49
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-malacia

A

abnormal softening

50
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-oma

A

mass,tumor

51
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-opsy

A

view of

52
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-osis

A

abnormal condition

53
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-ous

A

pertaining to

54
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-phagia

A

eat, swallow

55
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-plasty

A

surgical repair

56
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-rrhea

A

discharge

57
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-tic

A

pertaining to

58
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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-ule

A

small

60
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ex-

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outward

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hyper-

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excessive

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hypo-

A

under

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intra-

A

within

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para-

A

beside

65
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sub-

A

under