Flashcards 3 (Lesson 4)

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

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(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
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(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
(muscular)tone, tension

Front 33

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 33

compound-suffix form
dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

compound-suffix form
surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

compound-suffix form
substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

compound-suffix form
formation, origin

Front 37

-genic, -genous

Back 37

compound-suffix form
causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

compound-suffix form
a record of the activity of an organ (x-ray)

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

compound-suffix form
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 40

-graphy

Back 40

compound-suffix form
(1) the recording of the activity of an organ
(2) a descriptive treatise

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

compound-suffix form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

compound-suffix form
pertaining to dissolution ot decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from workds ending in -lysis)

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

compound-suffix form
disease

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

compound-suffix form
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ ot part)

Front 45

-rrhagia

Back 45

compound-suffix form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

compound-suffix form
profuse duscharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

compound-suffix form
bursting (of tissues), 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
a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

compound-suffix form
surgical incision