Ch3 combining forms Flashcards
1
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cyt/o
A
-cyte; cell
2
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gen/o
A
-genic
-genesis
Beginning or origin
3
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gram/o
A
- gram; tracing
- graph; instrument for tracing
- graphy; process of tracing
4
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kinesi/o
A
-kinesia
-kinesis
Movement or motion
5
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leps/o
A
-lepsy; seizure
6
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lys/o
A
- lysis; that which dissolves or destroys
- lysin; process of destroying
- lytic; capable of destroying
7
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malac/o
A
-malacia; soft or softening
8
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megal/o
A
megaly; enlarged or enlargement
9
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phag/o
A
-phagia; eating or swallowing
10
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phas/o
A
-phagia; speech
11
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pleg/o
A
-plegia; paralysis
12
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schis/o
schiz/o
schisto/o
A
-schisis; split or cleft
13
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scler/o
A
-sclerosis; hard / hardening
14
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troph/o
A
-trophic
-trophy
Nutrition
15
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aer/o
A
air
16
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blast/o
A
embryonic
17
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cephal/o
A
head
18
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encephal/o
A
brain
19
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cry/o
A
cold
20
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crypt/o
A
hidden
21
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dips/o
A
thrist
22
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hist/o
A
tissue
23
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myc/o
A
fungus
24
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narc/o
A
stupor
25
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necr/o
A
dead
26
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opt/o
optic/o
A
vision
27
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py/o
A
pus
28
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therm/o
A
heat
29
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top/o
A
position
