Katie Bare Medical Vocabulary Lesson 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)-, -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, break down

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

(suffering) 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

(fire) 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

(run) flow, secrete

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

Combining form

(burst forth) 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 putrid) 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

(a stretching)(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 (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ

Front 35

-genesis

Back 35

Compound Suffix form

formation, origin

Front 36

-genic

Back 36

Compound Suffix form

causing, producing, caused

Front 37

-genous

Back 37

Compound Suffix form

by, produced by or in

Front 38

-graphy

Back 38

Compound Suffix form

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

Front 39

-lysis

Back 39

Compound Suffix form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 40

-lytic

Back 40

Compound Suffix form

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

Front 41

-pathy

Back 41

Compound Suffix form

disease

Front 42

-ptosis

Back 42

Compound Suffix form

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

Front 43

-rrhagia

Back 43

Compound Suffix form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 44

-rrhea

Back 44

Compound Suffix form

profuse, discharge, excessive secretion

Front 45

-rrhexis

Back 45

Compound Suffix form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 46

-scope

Back 46

Compound Suffix form

an instrument for examining

Front 47

-scopy

Back 47

Compound Suffix form

examination

Front 48

-tome

Back 48

Compound Suffix form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 49

-tomy

Back 49

Compound Suffix form

surgical incision