Flashcards Lesson 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

self

Hint 1

combining form

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

[separate] secrete, secretion

Hint 2

combining form

Front 3

esthe(s)-

Back 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense

Hint 3

combining form

Front 4

gen(e)-
-gen

Back 4

come into being; produce

Hint 4

combining form

Front 5

gram-

Back 5

[something written] a record

Hint 5

combining form

Front 6

graph-

Back 6

write, record

Hint 6

combining form

Front 7

iatr-

Back 7

healer, physician; treatment

Hint 7

combining form

Front 8

idi-

Back 8

of one's self

Hint 8

combining form

Front 9

kine-

Back 9

move

Hint 9

combining form

Front 10

kines(i)-

Back 10

movement, motion

Hint 10

combining form

Front 11

ly(s)-

Back 11

destroy, breakdown

Hint 11

combining form

Front 12

myx-

Back 12

mucus

Hint 12

combining form

Front 13

orth-

Back 13

straight, erect; normal

Hint 13

combining form

Front 14

ot-

Back 14

ear

Hint 14

combining form

Front 15

path-

Back 15

[suffering] disease

Hint 15

combining form

Front 16

phil-

Back 16

love; have an affinity form

Hint 16

combining form

Front 17

pt-

Back 17

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Hint 17

combining form

Front 18

pyr-

Back 18

[fire] fever, burning

Hint 18

combining form

Front 19

pyrex-

Back 19

be feverish

Hint 19

combining form

Front 20

rhe-

Back 20

[run] flow, secrete

Hint 20

combining form

Front 21

pyret-

Back 21

fever

Hint 21

combining form

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

Hint 22

combining form

Front 23

rhex-

Back 23

rupture

Hint 23

combining form

Front 24

rhin-

Back 24

nose

Hint 24

combining form

Front 25

scop-

Back 25

look at, examine

Hint 25

combining form

Front 26

sep-

Back 26

[be putrid] be infected

Hint 26

combining form

Front 27

ta-

Back 27

stretching

Hint 27

combining form

Front 28

tel-

Back 28

end, completion

Hint 28

combining form

Front 29

ten-
tenon(t)-

Back 29

tendon

Hint 29

combining form

Front 30

therap(eu)-

Back 30

treat medically, heal

Hint 30

combining form

Front 31

tom-

Back 31

a cutting, slice, incision

Hint 31

combining form

Front 32

ton-

Back 32

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

Hint 32

combining form

Front 33

-ectasia
-ectasis

Back 33

dilation, enlargement

Hint 33

compound suffix form

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

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

Hint 34

compound suffix form

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

substance that produces (something)

Hint 35

compound suffix form

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

formation, origin

Hint 36

compound suffix form

Front 37

-genetic
-genous

Back 37

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

Hint 37

compound suffix form

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

Hint 38

compound suffix form

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Hint 39

compound suffix form

Front 40

-graphy

Back 40

1. the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)
2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Hint 40

compound suffix form

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Hint 41

compound suffix form

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjective from words ending in lysis)

Hint 42

compound suffix form

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

desease

Hint 43

compound suffix form

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

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

Hint 44

compound suffix from

Front 45

-rrhagia

Back 45

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Hint 45

compound suffix form

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

profuse, discharge, excessive secretion

Hint 46

compound suffix form

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Hint 47

compound suffix form

Front 48

-scope

Back 48

an instrument for examining

Hint 48

compound suffix form

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

examination

Hint 49

compound suffix form

Front 50

-tome

Back 50

a surgical instrument for cutting

Hint 50

compound suffix form

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

surgical incision

Hint 51

compound suffix form