Greek Verbs From Lesson 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

self

combining form

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

[separate] secrete, secretion

combining form

Front 3

esthe(s)-

Back 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense

combining form

Front 4

gen(e)-, -gen

Back 4

come into being; produce

combining form

Front 5

gram-

Back 5

[something written] a record

combining form

Front 6

graph-

Back 6

write, record

combining form

Front 7

iatr-

Back 7

healer, physician; treatment

combining form

Front 8

idi-

Back 8

of one's self

combining form

Front 9

kine-

Back 9

move

combining form

Front 10

kines(i)-

Back 10

movement, motion

combining form

Front 11

ly(s)-

Back 11

destroy, break down

combining form

Front 12

myx-

Back 12

mucus

combining form

Front 13

orth-

Back 13

straight, erect; normal

combining form

Front 14

ot-

Back 14

ear

combining form

Front 15

path-

Back 15

[suffering] disease

combining form

Front 16

phil-

Back 16

love; have an affinity for

combining form

Front 17

pt-

Back 17

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

combining form

Front 18

pyr-

Back 18

[fire] fever, burning

combining form

Front 19

pyret-

Back 19

fever

combining form

Front 20

pyrex-

Back 20

be feverish

combining form

Front 21

rhe-

Back 21

[run] flow, secrete

combining form

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

combining form

Front 23

rhex-

Back 23

rupture

combining form

Front 24

rhin-

Back 24

nose

combining form

Front 25

scop-

Back 25

look at, examine

combining form

Front 26

sep-

Back 26

[be putrid] be infected

combining form

Front 27

ta-

Back 27

stretching

combining form

Front 28

tel-

Back 28

end, completion

combining form

Front 29

ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 29

tendon

combining form

Front 30

therap(eu)-

Back 30

treat medically, heal

combining form

Front 31

tom-

Back 31

a cutting, slice, incision

combining form

Front 32

ton-

Back 32

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

combining form

Front 33

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 33

dilation, enlargement

compound suffix form

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

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

compound suffix form

Front 35

-genesis

Back 35

formation, origin

compound suffix form

Front 36

-genic

Back 36

causing, producing, caused

compound suffix form

Front 37

-genous

Back 37

by, produced by or in

compound suffix form

Front 38

-graphy

Back 38

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

compound suffix form

Front 39

-lysis

Back 39

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

compound suffix form

Front 40

-lytic

Back 40

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

compound suffix form

Front 41

-pathy

Back 41

disease

compound suffix form

Front 42

-ptosis

Back 42

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

compound suffix form

Front 43

-rrhagia

Back 43

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

compound suffix form

Front 44

-rrhea

Back 44

profuse, discharge, excessive secretion

compound suffix form

Front 45

-rrhexis

Back 45

bursting (of tissues), rupture

compound suffix form

Front 46

-scope

Back 46

an instrument for examining

compound suffix form

Front 47

-scopy

Back 47

examination

compound suffix form

Front 48

-tome

Back 48

a surgical instrument for cutting

compound suffix form

Front 49

-tomy

Back 49

surgical incision

compound suffix form

Front 50

-gen

Back 50

substance that produces (something)

compound suffix form

Front 51

-gram

Back 51

a record of the activity of an organ

compound suffix form

Front 52

-graph

Back 52

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

compound suffix form