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52 Cards in this Set

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Aut-
Combing Form
Self
Ex. aut-ism
Crin-
Combing form
Separate, Secrete, Secretion
Ex. endo-crin-ology
Esthe(s)-
Combing Form
Sensation, Sensitivity, Sense
Ex. esthe-tics
Gen(e)-, -Gen
Combing Form
Come into being, produce
Ex. gene-tics
Gram-
Combing form
[something written] a record
Ex. cardio-gram
Graph-
Combing Form
write, record
Ex. Graph-ology
Iatr-
Combing Form
Healer, physician; treatment
Ex. iatr-ogenic
Idi-
Combing Form
of one's self
Ex. idi-opathic
Kine-
Combing Form
move
Ex. Kine-tics
Kines(i)-
Combing Form
Movement, motion
Ex. Kines-iology
Ly(s)-
Combing Form
destroy, break down
Ex. Hemo-lys- is
Myx-
Combing Form
mucus
Ex. Myx-ocyte
Orth-
Combing Form
Straight, erect, normal
Ex. orth-odontia
Ot-
Combing Form
ear
Ex. ot-algia
Path-
Combing Form
[suffering] disease
Ex. path-ogen
Phil-
Combing Form
love, have an affinity for
Ex. hemo-phil-iac
Pt-
Combing Form
fall, sag, drop, prolapse
Ex. hystero-pt-osis
Pyr-
Combing Form
[fire] fever, burning
Ex. pyr-omania
Pyret-
Combing Form
fever
Ex. anti-pyret- ic
Pyrex-
Combing Form
be feverish
Ex. pyrex-in
Rhe-
Combing Form
[run] flow, secrete
Ex. diar-rhe-a
Rhag-
Combing Form
[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage
Ex. menor-rhag-ia
Rhex-
Combing Form
rupture
Ex. rhex-is
Rhin-
Combing Form
nose
Ex. rhin-oplasty
Scop-
Combing Form
look at, examine
Ex. oto-scop-y
Sep-
Combing Form
[be putrid] be infected
Ex. sep-sis
Ta-
Combing Form
scretching
Ex. myo-ta-tic
Tel-
Combing Form
end, completion
Ex. tel-angion
Ten-, Tenon(T)-
Combing Form
tendon
Ex. ten-odesis
Therap(eu)
Combing Form
treat medically, heal
Ex. therapeu-tics
Tom-
Combing Form
a cutting, slice, incision
Ex. tom-ography
Ton-
Combing Form
[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension
Ex. ton-icity
-ectasia, -ectasis
Compound Suffix Forms
dilation, enlargement
Ex. cardi-ectasia, nephr-ectasis
-ectomy
Compound Suffix Forms
surgical excision, removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ
Ex. gastr-ectomy, nephr-ectomy
-gen
Compound Suffix Forms
substance that produces (something)
Ex. antitoxino-gen, carcino-gen
-genesis
Compound Suffix Forms
formation, origin
Ex. lipo-genesis, patho-genesis
-genic
Compound Suffix Forms
causing, producing, caused
Ex. carcino-genic
-gram
Compound Suffix Forms
a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray) (Fig.4-1)
Ex. cardio-gram, angio-gram
-graph
Compound Suffix Forms
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
Ex. poly-graph, cardio-graph
-graphy
Compound Suffix Forms
(1) the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)
(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)
Ex. cholangio-graphy, cysto-graphy
Ex. spleno-graphy, osteo-graphy
-lysis
Compound Suffix Forms
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disinte-gration
Ex. hemo-lysis, pyreto-lysis
-lytic
Compound Suffix Forms
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)
Ex. hemo-lytic, bacterio-lytic
-pathy
Compound Suffix Forms
disease
Ex. neuro-pathy, cardio-pathy
-ptosis
Compound Suffix Forms
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
Ex. gastro-ptosis, colo-ptosis
-rrhagia
Compound Suffix Forms
profuse discharge, hemorrhage
Ex. leuko-rrhagia, meningo-rrhagia
-rrhea
Compound Suffix Forms
profuse discharge, excessive secretion
Ex. rhino-rrhea, myxo-rrhea
-rrhexsis
Compound Suffix Forms
bursting (of tissues), rupture
Ex. angio-rrhexis, entero-rrhexis
-scope
Compound Suffix Forms
an instrument for examining
rhino-scope, colpo-scope
-scopy
Compound Suffix Forms
examination
Ex. endo-scopy, cysto-scopy adenoma-
-tome
Compound Suffix Forms
a surgical instrument for cutting
Ex. adenoma-tome, gastro-tome
-tomy
Compound Suffix Forms
surgical incision
Ex. cholecysto-tomy, abdominohystero-tomy
-genous
Compound Suffix Forms
by, produced by or in
Ex. Ex. hepato-genous †