Chapter 3: combing forms / suffixes/ prefixes Flashcards

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1
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Albin/o

A

white

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Cauter/o

A

to burn

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Corpor/o

A

body

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cry/o

A

cold

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5
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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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electr/o

A

electricity

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erythr/o

A

red

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hidr/o

A

sweat

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ichthy/o

A

scaly, dry

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keratin/o

A

hard, horny

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13
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leuk/o

A

white

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14
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lip/o

A

fat

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melan/o

A

black

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my/o

A

fungus

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necr/o

A

death

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onych/o

A

nail

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19
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pedicul/o

A

lice

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20
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phot/o

A

light

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21
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py/o

A

pus

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rhytid/o

A

wrinkle

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sarco/

A

flesh

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scler/o

A

hard

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25
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seb/o

A

oil

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system/o

A

system

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27
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trich/o

A

hair

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ungu/o

A

nail

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29
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vesic/o

A

bladder

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30
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xer/o

A

dry

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31
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derma

A

skin condition

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allo

A

other, different from usual

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xeno

A

foregin

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angi/o

A

vessel

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bas/o

A

base

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bi/o

A

life

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carcinoma/o

A

cancer

38
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cauter/o

A

to burn

39
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chemo/o

A

chemical

40
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cis/o

A

to cut

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corpor/o

A

body

42
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cortic/o

A

outer layer

43
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cyt/o

A

cell

44
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esthesi/o

A

feeling

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hem/o

A

blood

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al

A

pertaining to

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ectomy

A

surgical removal

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emia

A

blood condition

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ia

A

state, condition

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iasis

A

abnormal condition

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ic

A

pertaining to

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ism

A

state of

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itis

A

inflammation

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logy

A

study of

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malacia

A

abnormal softening

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oma

A

mass or tumor

57
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opsy

A

view of

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osis

A

abnormal condition

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ous

A

pertaining to

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phagia

A

eat, swallow

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plasty

A

surgical repair

62
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rrhea

A

discharge

63
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tic

A

pertaining to

64
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tome

A

instrument to cut

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ule

A

small

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allo

A

other

67
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an

A

without

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anti

A

against

69
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auto

A

self

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de

A

without

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epi

A

above

72
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ex

A

outward

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hyper

A

excessive

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hypo

A

under

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intra

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within

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para

A

beside

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sub

A

under