Chapter 4 Flashcards
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-genesis
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formation, origin
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crin-
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(separate) secrete, secretion
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phil-
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love, have an affinity for
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scop-
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look at, examine
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idi-
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of one’s self
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-scope
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an instrument for examining
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therap-, therapeu-
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treat medically, heal
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-lysis
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dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
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pyrex-
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be feverish
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ot-
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ear
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ten-, tenon-, tenont-
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tendon
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esthe(s)-
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sensation, sensitivity, sense
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myx-
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mucus
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rhin-
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nose
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-rrhexis
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bursting (of tissues), rupture
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-rrhea
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profuse discharge, excessive secretion
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rhag-
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(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage
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ta-
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stretching
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kines-, kinesi
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movement, motion
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tom-
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a cutting, slice, incision
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-scopy
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examination
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path-
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(suffering) disease
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-genous
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by, produced by or in
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-rrhagia
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profuse discharge, hemorrhage
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-pathy
disease
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-genic
causing, producing, caused
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pt-
fall, sag, drop, prolapse
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-gen
substance that produces something
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-graphy
1. the recording of the activity of an organ or 2. a descriptive treatise on a subject
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pyret-
fever
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rhe-
(run) flow, secrete
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-lytic
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration
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-ptosis
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
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kine-
move
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-ectasia, -ectasis
dilation, enlargement
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-tome
a surgical instrument for cutting
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graph-
write, record
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orth-
straight, erect, normal
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gram-
(something written) a record
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-gram
a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)
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rhex-
rupture
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ly-, lys-
destroy, break down
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gen(e)-, -gen
come into being, produce
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-tomy
surgical incision
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-ectomy
surgical excision, removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ
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-graph
an instrument for record the activity of an organ
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tel-
end, completion
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iatr-
healer, physician, treatment
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sep-
(be putrid) be infected
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ton-
(muscular) tone, tension
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pyr-
(fire) fever, burning
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aut-
self
