Chapter 4 Flashcards
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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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something written, 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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ini-
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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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suffering, 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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fire, fever, burning
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pyret-
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fever
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pyrex
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feverish
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rhe-
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(run) flow, secrete
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rhag-
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[burst forth] 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-
to look at, examine
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sep-
[be putrid] be infected
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ta-
stretching
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tel-
end, completion
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ten-, tenon(t)
tendon
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therap(eu)
treat medically, heal
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tom-
a cutting, slice, incision
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ton-
[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension
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-estasia; -ectasis; -ectomy
dilation; enlargement; surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ
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-gen
substance that produces (something); formation; origin
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-genesis
causing; producing; caused
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-genic
causing, producing, caused
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-genous
by, produced by or in
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-gram
a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)
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-graph
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
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-graphy
1. the recording of the activity of an organ;
| 2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject) dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
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-lytic
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration
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-pathy
disease
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-ptosis
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
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-rrhagia
profuse discharge, hemorrhage
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-rrhea
profuse discharge, excessive secretion
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-rrehexis
bursting (of tissues), rupture
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-scope
an instrument for examining
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-scopy
examination
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-tome
a surgical instrument for cutting
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-tomy
surgical incision
