Lesson 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

self
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Front 2

crin-

Back 2

[separate] secrete, secretion
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Front 3

esthe(s)-

Back 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense
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Front 4

gen(e)-, -gen

Back 4

come into being, produce
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Front 5

gram-

Back 5

[something written] a record
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Front 6

graph-

Back 6

write, record
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Front 7

iatr-

Back 7

healer, physician, treatment
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Front 8

idi-

Back 8

of one's self
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Front 9

kine-

Back 9

move
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Front 10

kines(i)-

Back 10

movement, motion
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Front 11

ly(s)-

Back 11

destroy, break down
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Front 12

myx-

Back 12

mucus
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Front 13

orth-

Back 13

straight, erect, normal
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Front 14

ot-

Back 14

eat
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Front 15

path-

Back 15

[suffering] disease
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Front 16

phil-

Back 16

love, have an affinity for
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Front 17

pt-

Back 17

fall, sag, drop, prolapse
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Front 18

pyr-

Back 18

[fire] fever, burning
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Front 19

pyret-

Back 19

fever
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Front 20

pyrex-

Back 20

be feverish
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Front 21

rhe-

Back 21

[run] flow, secrete
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Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 23

rhex-

Back 23

rupture
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Front 24

rhin-

Back 24

nose
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Front 25

scop-

Back 25

look at, examine
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Front 26

sep-

Back 26

[be putrid] be infected
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Front 27

ta-

Back 27

stretching
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Front 28

tel-

Back 28

end, completion
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Front 29

ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 29

tendon
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Front 30

therap(eu)-

Back 30

treat medically, heal
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Front 31

tom-

Back 31

a cutting, slice, incision
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Front 32

ton-

Back 32

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension
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Front 33

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 33

dilation, enlargement
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Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part of an organ (partial excision)
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Front 35

-gen

Back 35

substance that produces (something)
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Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

formation, origin
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Front 37

-genic

Back 37

causing, producing, caused
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Front 38

-genous

Back 38

by, produced by or in
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Front 39

-gram

Back 39

a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)
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Front 40

-graph

Back 40

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
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Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

(1) the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)
(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)
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Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
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Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration
(forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)
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Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

disease
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Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
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Front 46

-rrhagia

Back 46

profuse discharge, hemorrhage
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Front 47

-rrhea

Back 47

profuse discharge, excessive secretion
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Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

bursting (of tissues), rupture
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Front 49

-scope

Back 49

an instrument for examining
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Front 50

-scopy

Back 50

examination
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Front 51

-tome

Back 51

a surgical instrument for cutting
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Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

surgical incision
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