Flashcards Set 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

Cobmining 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

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-

Back 29

Combining Form

tendon

Front 30

Tenon(t)-

Back 30

Combining Form

tendon

Front 31

Therap(eu)-

Back 31

Combining Form

treat medically, heal

Front 32

Tom-

Back 32

Combining Form

a cutting, slice, incision

Front 33

Ton-

Back 33

Combining Form

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

Front 34

-ectasia

Back 34

Compound Suffix Form

dilation, enlargement

Front 35

-ectasis

Back 35

Compound Suffix Form

dilation, enlargement

Front 36

-ectomy

Back 36

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 37

-gen

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form

substance that produces (something)

Front 38

-genesis

Back 38

Compound Suffix Form

formation, orogin

Front 39

-genic

Back 39

Compound Suffix Form

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

Front 40

-genous

Back 40

Compound Suffix Form

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

Front 41

-gram

Back 41

Compound Suffix Form

a recod of the activity of an organ (usually and x-ray)

Front 42

-graph

Back 42

Compound Suffix Form

an instument for recording the activity of the organ

Front 43

-graphy

Back 43

Compound Suffix Form

1) the recording of the activity of the organ
2) a descriptive treastise (on a subject)

Front 44

-lysis

Back 44

Compound Suffix Form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 45

-lytic

Back 45

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 46

-pathy

Back 46

Compound Suffix Form

disease

Front 47

-ptosis

Back 47

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 48

-rrhagia

Back 48

Compound Suffix Form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 49

-rrhea

Back 49

Compound Suffix Form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 50

-rrhexis

Back 50

Compound Suffix Form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 51

-scope

Back 51

Compound Suffix Form

an insturment for examining

Front 52

-scoopy

Back 52

Compound Suffix Form

examination

Front 53

-tome

Back 53

Compound Suffix Form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 54

-tomy

Back 54

Compound Suffix Form

surgical incision