Greek Verbs, 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, breakdown

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

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

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form

causing, producing, caused

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

Compound Suffix Form

by, produced by or in

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

Compound Suffix Form

a record of the activity of an organ (by XRay)etc.

Front 40

-graph

Back 40

Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

Compound Suffix Form
1) recording of the activity of an organ
2)a descriptive treatise on a subject

Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

Compound Suffix Form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

Compound Suffix Form
adjective forming from words ending in lysis

pertaining to dissolution, disintegration

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

Compound Suffix Form

disease

Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

Compound Suffix Form

dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ part)

Front 46

-rrhagia

Back 46

Compound Suffix Form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

-rrhea

Back 47

Compound Suffix Form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

Compound Suffix Form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 49

-scope

Back 49

Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for examining

Front 50

-scopy

Back 50

Compound Suffix Form

examination

Front 51

-tome

Back 51

Compound Suffix Form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

Compound Suffix Form

surgical incision