Chapter 4 Vocab Flashcards by Evan Chang

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Aut-

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self

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Crin-

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secrete, secretion

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esthe(s)-

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sensation, sensitivity, sense

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gen(e)-, -gen

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come into being; produce

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gram-

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a record

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graph-

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write, record

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iatr-

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healer, physician; treatment

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idi-

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of one’s self

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kine-

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move

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kines(i)-

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movement, motion

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ly(s)

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destroy, break down

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myx-

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mucus

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orth-

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straight, erect; normal

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ot-

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ear

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path-

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disease

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phil-

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love; have an affinity for

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pt-

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fall, sag, drop, prolapse

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pyr-

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fever, burning

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pyret-

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fever

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pyrex-

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be feverish

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rhe-

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flow, secrete

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rhag-

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flow profusely, hemorrhage

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rhex-

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rupture

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rhin-

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nose

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scop-

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look at, examine

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sep-

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be infected

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ta-

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stretching

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tel-

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end, completion

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ten-, tenon(t)-

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tendon

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therap(eu)-

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treat medically, heal

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tom-

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a cutting, slice, incision

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ton-

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tone, tension

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-ectasia, -ectasis-

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dilation, enlargement

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-ectomy

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surgical excision’ removal of all or part of an organ

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gen

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substance that produces

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-genesis

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formation, origin

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-genic

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causing, producing, caused

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-genous

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by, produced by or in

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-gram

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a record of the activity of an organ

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-graph

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an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

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-graphy

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the recording of the activity of an organ

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-graphy

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a descriptive treatise

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-lysis

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dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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-lytic

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pertaining to (lysis)

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-pathy

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diease

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-ptosis

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dropping, sagging, prolapse

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-rrhagia

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profuse discharge, hemorrhage

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-rrhea

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profuse discharge, excessive secretion

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-rrhexis

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bursting, rupture

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-scope

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an instrument for examining

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-scopy

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examination

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-tome

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a surgical instrument for cutting

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-tomy

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surgical incision