Combining forms and suffixes Flashcards

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1
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-stasis

A

stopping, controlling

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2
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cis/o

A

cut

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3
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carp/o

A

wrist bone

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4
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mort/o

A

death

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5
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-gen

A

substance that produces

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6
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thel/o
theli/o

A

nipple

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7
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-crine

A

secrete

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8
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nat/i

A

birth

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9
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-lapse

A

slide, fall, sag

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10
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-phoria

A

bear, carry, feeling (mental state)

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11
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-oxia

A

oxygen

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12
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-plasia

A

development, formation, growth

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13
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urethr/o

A

urethra

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14
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cost/o

A

rib

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15
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-drome

A

run

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16
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tens/o

A

force, strain, stretch

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17
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-physis

A

grow

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18
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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

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19
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tox/o

A

poison

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20
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thyr/o

A

thyroid gland

21
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gloss/o

A

tongue

22
Q

-ptosis

A

falling, drooping, prolapse

23
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son/o

A

sound

24
Q

-or

A

one who

25
Q

gloc/o

A

sugar

26
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dactyl/o

A

fingers, toes

27
Q

-meter

A

measure

28
Q

pub/o

A

pubis (pubic bone)

29
Q

flex/o

A

bend

30
Q

-plasm

A

structure or formation

31
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top/o

A

place, position, location

32
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furc/o

A

branching

33
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-ptom

A

happening, occurrence

34
Q

cutane/o

A

skin

35
Q

-trophy

A

development, nourishment

36
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immun/o

A

protection

37
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the/o

A

put, place

38
Q

-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction, seperation

39
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norm/o

A

rule, order

40
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duct/o

A

lead, carry

41
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trache/o

A

trachea, windpipe

42
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ox/o

A

oxygen

43
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-pnea

A

breathing

44
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-partum

A

birth, labor

45
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seps/o

A

infection

46
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-mission

A

send

47
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somn/o

A

sleep

48
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morph/o

A

shape, form

49
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-fusion

A

coming together, to pour