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Roots/Combining words Flashcards

1
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Audi/o

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hearing

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Bio

A

life

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Caus, caut

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burn

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Clas, clast

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break

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Duct

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lead

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Ectas

A

dialate

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Edem

A

swelling

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Esthes

A

sensation

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Gen/o

A

producing

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iatr/o

A

treatment

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Kin/e/o

A

movement, motion

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Lysis, lys/o, lytic

A

breaking down

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Morph/o

A

form, structure, shape

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14
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Op/ia, ops/ia, opsy

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vision

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15
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Path

A

disease

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16
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Phage

A

eating

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17
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Phas

A

speech

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18
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Phil

A

affinity (likes)

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19
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Plegia

A

paralysis

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Poiesis

A

formation,producing

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21
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Schisto

A

split

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22
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Spasm/o

A

spasm

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Stasis

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standing still, stoppage

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troph/o

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nourishment or food

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Brachy

A

short

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Brady

A

slow

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Brev/i

A

short

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Cry/o

A

cold

29
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Crypt/o

A

hidden

30
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Dextr/o

A

right, right side

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Dipl/o

A

double, twice

32
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Dolich/o

A

long

33
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Glyc/o, gluc/o

A

sugar sweet

34
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Heter/o

A

other, different

35
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Hom/eo/o

A

same, alike

36
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Hydro

A

wet, water, fluid

37
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iso

A

equal, alike

38
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lepto

A

slender, small, thin

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levo

A

left, to the left

40
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marcr/o

A

large

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Mal

A

ill, bad

42
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Malaco

A

soft, softening

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Mega

A

large, oversized

44
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Necr/o

A

death

45
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Olig/o

A

few, little

46
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Orth/o

A

straight, normal, right

47
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Pachy

A

thick

48
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Pale/o

A

old, primitive

49
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Platy/o

A

flat, wide

50
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Ple/o

A

many, more

51
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Poikil/o

A

irregular, varying

52
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Scler/o

A

hardness

53
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Sinistr/o

A

left, to the left

54
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Sten/o

A

narrow, contracted

55
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Stere/o

A

solid, 3 dimensional

56
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Tacky

A

rapid, fast

57
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Tel/e/o

A

distant, end

58
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Therm/o

A

heat

59
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xer/o

A

dry

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