Chapter 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

combining form
self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

combining form
[seperate] secrete, secretion

Front 3

esthe(s)-

Back 3

combining form
sensation, sensitivity, sense

Front 4

gen(e)-

Back 4

combining form
come into being; produce

Front 5

-gen

Back 5

combining form
come into being; produce

Front 6

gram-

Back 6

combining form
[something written] a record

Front 7

graph-

Back 7

combining form
write, record

Front 8

iatr-

Back 8

combining form
healer, physician; treatment

Front 9

idi-

Back 9

combining form
of one's self

Front 10

kine-

Back 10

combining form
move

Front 11

kines(i)-

Back 11

combining form
movement, motion

Front 12

ly(s)-

Back 12

combining form
destroy, break down

Front 13

myx-

Back 13

combining form
mucus

Front 14

orth-

Back 14

combining form
straight, erect normal

Front 15

ot-

Back 15

combining form
ear

Front 16

path-

Back 16

combining form
[suffering] disease

Front 17

phil-

Back 17

combining form
love; have an affinity for

Front 18

pt-

Back 18

combining form
fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 19

pyr-

Back 19

combining form
[fire] fever, burning

Front 20

pyret-

Back 20

combining form
fever

Front 21

pyrex-

Back 21

combining form
be feverish

Front 22

rhe-

Back 22

combining form
[run] flow, secrete

Front 23

rhag-

Back 23

combining form
[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 24

rhex-

Back 24

combining form
rupture

Front 25

rhin-

Back 25

combining form
nose

Front 26

scop-

Back 26

combining form
look at, examine

Front 27

sep-

Back 27

combining form
[be putrid] be infected

Front 28

ta-

Back 28

combining form
stretching

Front 29

tel-

Back 29

combining form
end, completion

Front 30

ten-

Back 30

combining form
tendon

Front 31

tenon(t)-

Back 31

combining form
tendon

Front 32

therap(eu)-

Back 32

combining form
treat medically, heal

Front 33

tom-

Back 33

combining form
a cutting, slice, incision

Front 34

ton-

Back 34

combining form
[a stretching] (muscle) tone, tension

Front 35

-ectasia

Back 35

combining form
dilation, enlargement

Front 36

-ectasis

Back 36

combining form
dilation, enlargement

Front 37

-ectomy

Back 37

combining form
surgical excision; removal or all (total excision) or part (partial excision) or an organ

Front 38

-gen

Back 38

combining form
substance that produces (something)

Front 39

-genesis

Back 39

combining form
formation, origin

Front 40

-genic

Back 40

combining form
causing, producing caused

Front 41

-genous

Back 41

combining form
by, produced by or in

Front 42

-gram

Back 42

combining form
a record of the activity or an organ

Front 43

-graph

Back 43

combining form
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 44

-graphy

Back 44

combining form
1. the recording or the activity of an organ 2. descriptive treatise

Front 45

-lysis

Back 45

combining form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 46

-lytic

Back 46

combining form
pertaining to dissolution of decomposition, disintegration

Front 47

-pathy

Back 47

combining form
disease

Front 48

-ptosis

Back 48

combining form
dropping, sagging, prolapse

Front 49

-rrhagia

Back 49

combining form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 50

-rrhea

Back 50

combining form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 51

-rrhexis

Back 51

combining form
bursting (of tissue), rupture

Front 52

-scope

Back 52

combining form
an instrument for examining

Front 53

-scopy

Back 53

combining form
examination

Front 54

-tome

Back 54

combining form
a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 55

-tomy

Back 55

combining form
surgical incision