Kane Med Vocab Chapter 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)

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, phusician; treatment

Front 8

Kine

Back 8

Combining Form

Move

Front 9

Kines(i)

Back 9

Combining Form

Movement, motion

Front 10

Ly(s)

Back 10

Combining Form

destroy, break down

Front 11

Myx

Back 11

Combining Form

Mucus

Front 12

Orth

Back 12

Combining Form

Straight, erect, normal

Front 13

Ot

Back 13

Combining Form

Ear

Front 14

Path

Back 14

Combining Form

Disease

Front 15

Phil

Back 15

Combining Form

Love; have an affinity for

Front 16

Pt

Back 16

Combining Form

Fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 17

Pyr

Back 17

Combining Form

fever, burning

Front 18

Pyret

Back 18

Combining Form

fever

Front 19

Pyrex

Back 19

Combining Form

Be feverish

Front 20

Rhe

Back 20

Combining Form

[run] flow, secrete

Front 21

Rhag

Back 21

Combining Form

flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 22

Rhex

Back 22

Combining Form

rupture

Front 23

Rhin

Back 23

Combining Form

nose

Front 24

Scop

Back 24

Combining Form

Look at, examine

Front 25

Sep

Back 25

Combining Form

Be infected

Front 26

Ta

Back 26

Combining Form

Stretching

Front 27

Tel

Back 27

Combining Form

End, completion

Front 28

Ten, tenon(t)

Back 28

Combining Form

tendon

Front 29

Therap(eu)

Back 29

Combining Form

Treat medically, heal

Front 30

Tom

Back 30

Combining Form

A cutting, slice, incision

Front 31

Ton

Back 31

Combining Form

(muscular) tone, tension

Front 32

Gen

Back 32

Compound Suffix Form

substance that produces(something)

Front 33

Genesis

Back 33

Compound Suffix Form

Formation, origin

Front 34

Genic

Back 34

Compound Suffix Form

Causing producing, caused

Front 35

Genous

Back 35

Compound Suffix Form

By, produced by or in

Front 36

gram

Back 36

Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for recording of the activity of an organ

Front 37

ectasia, ectasis

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form

dialation, enlargement

Front 38

ectomy

Back 38

Compound Suffix Form

surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

Front 39

graph

Back 39

Compound Suffix Form

1. the recording of the activity of an organ(e.g. x-ray) 2. a descriptive treaties on a subject

Front 40

lysis

Back 40

Compound Suffix Form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintergration

Front 41

lytic

Back 41

Compound Suffix Form

Pertaining to dissolution or decomposition

disintergration. (forms adjectives)

Front 42

pathy

Back 42

Compound Suffix Form

disease

Front 43

ptosis

Back 43

Compound Suffix Form

dropping, sagging, prolapse of an organ or part

Front 44

rrhagia

Back 44

Compound Suffix Form

Profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 45

rrhexis

Back 45

Compound Suffix Form

A bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 46

rrhea

Back 46

Compound Suffix Form

profuse discharge, eccessive secretion

Front 47

scope

Back 47

Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for examining

Front 48

scopy

Back 48

Compound Suffix Form

examination

Front 49

tome

Back 49

Compound Suffix Form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 50

tomy

Back 50

Compound Suffix Form

a surgical incision