Verbal Roots/combining Forms Flashcards by R R

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Audi/o

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Hearing

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Bio-

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Life

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Cause-

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Burn

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Caut-

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Burn

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Clas-

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Break

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-ectas-

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Dilate

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-edem-

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Swelling

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-esthes-

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Sensation

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Fiss-

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Split, cleft

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-flect-

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Bend

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Flex-

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Bend

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Gen/o-

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Producing

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-iatr/o-

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Treatment

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Kin/e-

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Movement, motion

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Kin/o

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Movement, motion

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Ly/o

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Dissolve

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Lys/o-

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Dissolve

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Morph/o

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Form, structure, shape

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-op/ia

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Vision

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Opt/ico

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Seeing

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Opt/o

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Seeing

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Phag/o

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Eating

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Phaner/o

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Visible, manifest

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-phas-

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Speech

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Phil-

Attraction

-plegia

Paralysis

-poiesis

Formation, production

Schist/o

Split, cleft, division

Schiz/o

Split, cleft, division

Spasm/o

Spasm

-stasis

Control, stop, standing

Top/o

Place, location

Troph/o

Nourishment, food

Aut/o

Self

Bi/o

Life

Coni/o

Dust

Crypt/o

Hidden

heter/o

Other

myc/o

Fungus

Necr/o

Death

pachy/o

Thick

Rhytid/o

Wrinkles

Staphyl/o

Grapelike clusters

Strept/o

Twisted chains

Xer/o

Dry, dryness

Cutane/o

Skin

Derm/o

Skin

Dermat/o

Skin

Hidr/o

Sweat

kerat/o

Horny tissue, hard

Onych/o

Nail

ungu/o

Nail

seb/o

Sebum

Epi-

On, upon, over

intra-

Within

para-

Near,beside, abnormal

per-

Through

Sub-

Under, below

Trans-

Through, across,

-a

Noun suffix no meaning

-coccus

Berry-shaped

-ectomy

Excision or surgical removal

-ia

condition of

-itis

Inflammation

-malacia

Softening

-opsy

Process of viewing

-phagia

Eating or swallowing

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-tome

Instrument used to cut

BCC

Basal cell carcinoma

bx

Biopsy

CMV

Cytomegalovirus

CA-MRSA

Community- associated MRSA Infection

derm

Dermatology

HA-MRSA

Healthcare-associated MRSA infection

I&D

Incision and drainage

ID

Intradermal

MRSA

Methicillin-resistant ( staphylococcus aureus)

SCC

Squamous cell carcinoma

SLE

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Staph

Staphylococcus

Strep

Streptococcus

Subcut

Subcutaneous

TD

Transdermal