Lauren Hop Med Vocab 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

Front 4

gene(s)-
-gen

Back 4

Combining form
come into being

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] flow, secrete

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, hemmorhage

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(i)-

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

-gen

Back 35

Compound Suffix form
substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

Compound Suffix form
formation, origin

Front 37

-genic
-genous

Back 37

Compound Suffix form
causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

Compound Suffix form
a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

Compound Suffix form
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 40

-graphy

Back 40

Compound Suffix form
1 the recording of activity of an organ (usually by x-ray)
2 a descriptive treatise (on a subject) dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

Compound Suffix form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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, hemmorhage

Front 45

-rrhea

Back 45

Compound Suffix form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 46

-rrhexis

Back 46

Compound Suffix form
bursting (of tissues), rupture

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
surgical incision