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Combining Forms - Chapter 1 Flashcards

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bacill/o

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Bacilli, bacteria

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bacteri/o

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Bacteria

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carcin/o

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Cancer

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kyph/o

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Humpback

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onch/o, onc/o

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Tumor

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path/o

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Disease

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pyr/o

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Fever, fire, heat

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schiz/o

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Split, division

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spasm/o

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Spasm

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anteri/o

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Front

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dextr/o

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Right, toward the right

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dors/o

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Back

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goni/o

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Angle

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later/o

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Lateral, to one side

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medi/o

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Middle, medial plane

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mes/o

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Middle, median

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orth/o

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Straight, normal

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top/o

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Place, topical

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crin/o

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Secrete

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gen/o

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Producing, being born

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hypn/o

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Sleep

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log/o

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Speech, words, thought

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narc/o

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Sleep, numbness

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Phag/o

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Eating, devouring, swallowing

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somn/o, somni

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Sleep

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spir/o

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Breath, breathe

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actin/o

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Light

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amyl/o

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Starch

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bar/o

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Weight, pressure

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bas/o, basi/o

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Base

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31
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bio

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Life

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32
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chem/o

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Chemical

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33
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chrono

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Time

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coni/o

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Dist

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cycl/o

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Circle, cycle

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dyna, dynam/o

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Force, energy

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echo

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Reflected sound

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electr/o

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Electricity

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39
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eti/o

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Cause

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fibr/o

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Fiber

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fluor/o

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Light, luminous, fluorine

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42
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fungi

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Fungus

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43
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galact/o

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Milk

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44
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ger/o, geront/o

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Old age

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45
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lact/o, lacti

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Milk

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lith/o

47
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lys/o

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Dissolution, destruction

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necr/o

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Death, dying

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noct/i

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nyct/o

51
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pharmaco

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Drugs, medicine

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phyt/o

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py/o

54
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radio

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Radiation, x-ray, radius

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stere/o

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Three-dimensional

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tel/o, tele/o

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Distant, end, complete

57
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ton/o

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Tension, pressure

58
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toxi, toxic/o, tox/o

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Poison, toxin

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troph/o

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Food, nutrition

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kardia

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are/o

62
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ather/o

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Plague, fatty substance (inside of a blood vessel)

63
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blast/o

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Immature cells

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calc/o, calci/o

65
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chondrio, chondro

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Cartilage, grainy, gritty

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chyl/o

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Chyle, a digestive juice.

67
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chym/o

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Chyme, a semi-fluid production of chyme in the stomach.

68
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cyst/o, cysti

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Bladder, cyst, cystic duct.

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cyt/o

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ethm/o

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Ethmoid bone.

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gluc/o

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hydr/o

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Hydrogen, water.

73
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ket/o, keton/o

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Ketone, acetone.

74
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plasma, plasmo

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Formative, plasma.

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salping/o

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sider/o

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somat/o

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squam/o

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Scale, squamous.

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syring/o

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acanth/o

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Spiny, thorny.

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andr/o

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Masculine.

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chlor/o

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Chlorine, green.

83
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chrom/o, chromat/o

84
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crypt/o

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Hidden, obscure.

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cyan/o

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eosin/o

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erythr/o

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Red, redness.

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granul/o

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gyn/o, gyne, gynec/o

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Women, feminine.

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home/I, hom/o

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Same, constant.

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ichthy/o

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Dry, scaly, fishy.

92
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idi/o

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Distinct, unknown.

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macr/o

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Large, long.

94
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meg/a

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Large, million.

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micr/o

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Small, tiny.

96
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mio

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Smaller, less.

97
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esthesi/o

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Sensation, perception.

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dips/o

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scoli/o

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Bent, crooked.

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kyph/o

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them/o

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cry/o

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son/o

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phon/o

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Sound, voice, speech.

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pseud/o

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phag/o

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aden/o

108
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adren/o, adrenal/o

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Adrenal glands

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gluc/o

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glyc/o

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gonad/o

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Sex glands

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pancreat/o

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parathyroid/o

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Parathyroid

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thyr/o, thyroid/o

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Thyroid gland

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