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Medical Terminology Ch 7 - Combining Forms

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integument/o-
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skin
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cutane/o-
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skin
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integu/o-
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to cover
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theli/o-
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cellular layer
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derm/o-
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skin
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kerat/o-
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cornea (of the eye); hard, fibrous protein
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foli/o-
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leaf
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bas/o-
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base of a structure; basic (alkaline)
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melan/o-
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black
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coll/a-
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fibers that hold together
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elast/o-
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flexing; stretching
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derm/a-
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skin
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sebace/o-
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sebum (oil)
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ex/o-
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away from; external; outward
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spir/o-
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breathe; a coil
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sudor/i-
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sweat
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fer/o-
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to bear
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pil/o-
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hair
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trich/o-
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hair
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follicul/o-
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follicle (small sac)
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erect/o-
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to stand up
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ungu/o-
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nail (fingernail or toenail)
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cut/i-
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skin
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lun/o-
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moon
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adip/o-
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fat
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lip/o-
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lipid (fat)
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all/o-
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other; strange
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erg/o-
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activity; work
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sensitiv/o-
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affected by; sensitive to
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loc/o-
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in one place
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system/o-
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the body as a whole
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phylact/o-
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guarding; protecting
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onych/o-
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nail (fingernail or toenail)
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seb/o-
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sebum (oil)
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hem/o-
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blood
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vas/o-
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blood vessel; vas deferens
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contus/o-
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bruising
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ecchym/o-
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blood in the tissues
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hemat/o-
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blood
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fiss/o-
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splitting
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vesic/o-
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bladder; fluid-filled sac
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vesicul/0-
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bladder; fluid-filled sac
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ne/o-
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new
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malign/o-
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intentionally causing harm; cancer
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prurit/o-
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itching
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xer/o-
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dry
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albin/o-
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white
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cyan/o-
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blue
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erythemat/o-
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redness
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icter/o-
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jaundice
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necr/o-
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dead cells, tissue, or body
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gangren/o-
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gangrene
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pigment/o-
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pigment
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abras/o-
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scrape off
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esthes/o-
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sensation; feeling
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kel/o-
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tumor
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lacer/o-
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a tearing
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cellul/o-
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cell
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pedicul/o-
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lice
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dermat/o-
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skin
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actin/o-
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rays of the sun
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angi/o-
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blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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plast/o-
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growth; formation
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papill/o-
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elevated structure
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sen/o-
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old age
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xanth/o-
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yellow
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carcin/o-
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cancer
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squam/o-
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scalelike cell
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sarc/o-
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connective tissue
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psor/o-
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itching
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scler/o-
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hard; sclera (white of the eye)
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rhin/o-
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nose
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hidr/o-
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sweat
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diaphor/o-
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sweating
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alopec/o-
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bald
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hirsut/o-
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hairy
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nid/o-
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nest; focus
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schiz/o-
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split
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myc/o-
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fungus
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derm/o-
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skin
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exud/o-
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oozing fluid
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cry/o-
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cold
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surg/o-
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operative procedure
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electr/o-
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electricity
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fulgur/o-
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spark of electricity
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desicc/o-
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to dry up
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sect/o-
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to cut
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incis/o-
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to cut into
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micr/o-
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one millionth; small
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bi/o-
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life; living organisms; living tissue
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excis/o-
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to cut out
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aspir/o-
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to breathe in; to suck in
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suct/o-
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to suck
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rhytid/o-
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wrinkle
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plephar/o-
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eyelid
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aut/o-
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self
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xen/o-
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foreign
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fung/o-
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fungus
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vir/o-
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virus
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cortic/o-
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cortex (outer region)
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phot/o-
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light
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dynam/o-
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power; movement
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topic/o-
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a specific area
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log/o-
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word; the study of