Ch3 combining forms Flashcards
1
Q
cyt/o
A
-cyte; cell
2
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gen/o
A
-genic
-genesis
Beginning or origin
3
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gram/o
A
- gram; tracing
- graph; instrument for tracing
- graphy; process of tracing
4
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kinesi/o
A
-kinesia
-kinesis
Movement or motion
5
Q
leps/o
A
-lepsy; seizure
6
Q
lys/o
A
- lysis; that which dissolves or destroys
- lysin; process of destroying
- lytic; capable of destroying
7
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malac/o
A
-malacia; soft or softening
8
Q
megal/o
A
megaly; enlarged or enlargement
9
Q
phag/o
A
-phagia; eating or swallowing
10
Q
phas/o
A
-phagia; speech
11
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pleg/o
A
-plegia; paralysis
12
Q
schis/o
schiz/o
schisto/o
A
-schisis; split or cleft
13
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scler/o
A
-sclerosis; hard / hardening
14
Q
troph/o
A
-trophic
-trophy
Nutrition
15
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aer/o
A
air
