Carey Clement - Lesson 4 Flashcards

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

Combining Form


self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

Combining Form


secrete, secretion

Front 3

esthe-
esthes-

Back 3

Combining Form


sensation, sensitivity, sense

Front 4

gen-
gene-
-gen

Back 4

Combining Form


come into being; produce

Front 5

gram-

Back 5

Combining Form


a record (written)

Front 6

graph-

Back 6

Combining Form


write, record

Front 7

iatr-

Back 7

Combining Form


healer, physician; treatment

Front 8

idi-

Back 8

Combining Form


of one's self

Front 9

kine-

Back 9

Combining Form


move

Front 10

kines-
kinesi-

Back 10

Combining Form


movement, motion

Front 11

ly-
lys-

Back 11

Combining Form


destroy, break down

Front 12

myx-

Back 12

Combining Form


mucus

Front 13

orth-

Back 13

Combining Form


straight, erect; normal

Front 14

ot-

Back 14

Combining Form


ear

Front 15

path-

Back 15

Combining Form


disease

Front 16

phil-

Back 16

Combining Form


love; have an affinity for

Front 17

pt-

Back 17

Combining Form


fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 18

pyr-

Back 18

Combining Form


fever, burning

Front 19

pyret-

Back 19

Combining Form


fever

Front 20

pyrex-

Back 20

Combining Form


be feverish

Front 21

rhe-

Back 21

Combining Form


flow, secrete

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

Combining Form


flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 23

rhex-

Back 23

Combining Form


rupture

Front 24

rhin-

Back 24

Combining Form


nose

Front 25

scop-

Back 25

Combining Form


look at, examine

Front 26

sep-

Back 26

Combining Form


be infected

Front 27

ta-

Back 27

Combining Form


stretching

Front 28

tel-

Back 28

Combining Form


end, completion

Front 29

ten-
tenon-
tenont-

Back 29

Combining Form


tendon

Front 30

therap-
therapeu-

Back 30

Combining Form


treat medically, heal

Front 31

tom-

Back 31

Combining Form


a cutting, slice, incision

Front 32

ton-

Back 32

Combining Form


tone, tension

Front 33

-ectasia
-ectasis

Back 33

Compound Suffix Form


dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

Compound Suffix Form


surgical excision; removal

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

Compound Suffix Form


substance that produces

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

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formation, origin

Front 37

-genic
-genous

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form


causing, produced by, caused by

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

Compound Suffix Form


a record of the activity of an organ

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

Compound Suffix Form


an instrument for recording the organ's activity

Front 40

-graphy

Back 40

Compound Suffix Form


recording of the organ's activity; descriptive treatise

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

Compound Suffix Form


dissolution, reduction, decomposition

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

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pertaining to dissolution, disintegration

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

Compound Suffix Form


disease

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

Compound Suffix Form


dropping, sagging, prolapse

Front 45

-rrhagia

Back 45

Compound Suffix Form


profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

Compound Suffix Form


profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

Compound Suffix Form


bursting, rupture

Front 48

-scope

Back 48

Compound Suffix Form


an instrument for examining

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

Compound Suffix Form


examination

Front 50

-tome

Back 50

Compound Suffix Form


surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

Compound Suffix Form


surgical incision