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aut-


from autos

Combining Form


self

crin-


from krinein

Combining Form


secrete, secretion

esthe(s)-


from aisthEsis

Combining Form


sensation, sensitivity, sense

gen(e)- or -gen


from gignesthai

Combining Form


come into being produce

gram-


from gramma

Combining Form


a record

graph-


from graphein

Combining Form


write, record

iatr-


from iatros

Combining Form


healer, physician, treatment

idi-


from idios

Combining Form


one's self

kine-


from kinein

Combining Form


move

kines(i)-


from kinEsis

Combining Form


movement, motion

ly(s)-


from lyein

Combining Form


destroy, break down

myx-


from myxa

Combining Form


mucus

orth-


from orthos

Combining Form


straight, erect; normal

ot-


from ous, Otos

Combining Form


ear

path-


from pathos

Combining Form


disease

phil-


from philein

Combining Form


love; have an affinity for

pt-


from piptein

Combining Form


fall, sag, drop, prolapse

pyr-


from pyr, pyros

Combining Form


fever, burning

pyret-


from pyretos

Combining Form


fever

pyrex-


from pyressein

Combining Form


be feverish

rhe-


from rhein

Combining Form


flow, secrete

rhag-


from rhEgnynai

Combining Form


flow profusely, hemorrhage

rhex-


from rhExis

Combining Form


rupture

rhin-


from rhis, rhInos

Combining Form


nose

scop-


from skopein

Combining Form


look at, examin

sep-


from sEpein

Combining Form


be infected

ta-


from tasis

Combining Form


stretching

tel-


from telos

Combining Form


end, completion

ten- tenon(t)-


from tenOn, tenontos

Combining Form


tendon

therap(eu)-


from therapeuein

Combining Form


treat medically, heal

tom-


from tomE

Combining Form


a cutting, slice, incision

ton-


from tonos

Combining Form


(muscular) tone, tension

-ectasia


-ecstasis

Compound Suffix Form


dilation, enlargement

-ectomy

Compound Suffix Form


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

-genesis

Compound Suffix Form


formation, origin

-genix

Compound Suffix Form


causing, producing, caused

-genous

Compound Suffix Form


by, produced by or in

-graphy

Compound Suffix Form


1. the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray)


2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

-lysis

Compound Suffix Form


dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintigration

-lytic

Compound Suffix Form


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

-pathy

Compound Suffix Form


disease

-ptosis

Compound Suffix Form


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

-(r)rhagia

Compound Suffix Form


profuse discharge, hemorrhage

-(r)rhea

Compound Suffix Form


profuse discharge, excessive secretion

-(r)rhexis

Compound Suffix Form


bursting (of tissues), rupture

-scope

Compound Suffix Form


an instrument for examining

-scopy

Compound Suffix Form


examination

-tome

Compound Suffix Form


a surgical instrument for cutting

-tomy

Compound Suffix Form


surgical incision