Chapter 4 Med Vocab

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

combining form
self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

combining form
secrete, secretion

Front 3

esthe(s)-

Back 3

combining form
sensation, sensitivity, sense

Front 4

gen(e)-, -gen

Back 4

combining form
come into being, produce

Front 5

gram-

Back 5

combining form
(something written) a record

Front 6

iatr-

Back 6

combining form
healer, physician; treatment

Front 7

graph-

Back 7

combining form
write, record

Front 8

idi-

Back 8

combining form
of one's self

Front 9

kine-

Back 9

combining form
move

Front 10

kines(i)-

Back 10

combining form
movement, motion

Front 11

ly(s)-

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
(suffering) 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
(fire) 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
(run) flow, secrete

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

combining form
(burst forth) 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 putrid) be infected

Front 27

ta-

Back 27

combining form
stretching

Front 28

tel-

Back 28

combining form
end, completion

Front 29

ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 29

combining form
tendon

Front 30

therap(eu)-

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
(a stretching) muscular tone, tension

Front 33

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 33

compound suffix
dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

compound suffix
surgical excision, removal of all or part of an organ

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

compound suffix
substance that produces something

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

compound suffix
formation, origin

Front 37

-genic

Back 37

compound suffix
causing, producing, caused

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

compound suffix
by, produced by or in

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

compound suffix
a record of the activity of an organ

Front 40

-graph

Back 40

compound suffix
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

compound suffix
the recording of the activity of an organ
also: a descriptive treatise

Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

compound suffix
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

compound suffix
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

compound suffix
disease

Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

compound suffix
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

Front 46

-rrhagia

Back 46

compound suffix
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

-rrhea

Back 47

compound suffix
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

compound suffix
bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 49

-scope

Back 49

compound suffix
an instrument for examining

Front 50

-scopy

Back 50

compound suffix
examination

Front 51

-tome

Back 51

compound suffix
a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

compound suffix
surgical incision