Lesson 4

Front 1

a-

Back 1

prefix
not, without, lacking, deficient

Front 2

myx-

Back 2

combining form
mucus

Front 3

-ia

Back 3

noun-forming suffix
state, condition

Front 4

an-

Back 4

prefix
not, without, lacking, deficient

Front 5

esthes-

Back 5

combining form
sensation, sensitivity, sense

Front 6

-i-

Back 6

connecting vowel

Front 7

-ology

Back 7

suffix form
study, science, the study or science of

Front 8

angi-

Back 8

combining form
[blood] vessel, duct

Front 9

-o-

Back 9

connecting vowel

Front 10

-gram

Back 10

combining form
[something written] a record

Front 11

lys-

Back 11

combining form
destroy, break down

Front 12

-in

Back 12

noun-forming suffix
forms names of substances

Front 13

tel-

Back 13

combining form
end, completion

Front 14

aut-

Back 14

combining form
self

Front 15

-ism

Back 15

noun-forming suffix
state, condition, quality

Front 16

tom-

Back 16

combining form
a cutting, slice, incision

Front 17

-y

Back 17

noun-forming suffix
state, condition

Front 18

-lysis

Back 18

suffix form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 19

crin-

Back 19

combining form
[separate] secrete, secretion

Front 20

-gen-

Back 20

combining form
come into being; produce

Front 21

-ic

Back 21

adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, located in
(can be noun-forming indicating drug or agent)

Front 22

dys-

Back 22

prefix
difficult, painful, defective, abnormal

Front 23

graph-

Back 23

combining form
write, record

Front 24

kinesi-

Back 24

combining form
movement, motion

Front 25

-a

Back 25

noun-forming suffix
state, condition

Front 26

endo-

Back 26

prefix
within

Front 27

scop-

Back 27

combining form
look at, examine

Front 28

-e

Back 28

english ending

Front 29

hemi-

Back 29

prefix
half, partial; (often) one side of the body

Front 30

hem-

Back 30

combining form
blood

Front 31

phil-

Back 31

combining form
love, have an affinity for

Front 32

-iac

Back 32

noun-forming suffix
person afflicted with
(rare)

Front 33

-genous

Back 33

suffix form
by, produced by, or in

Front 34

-rrhexis

Back 34

suffix form
bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 35

-sis

Back 35

noun-forming suffix
state, condition

Front 36

hyper-

Back 36

prefix
over, above, excessive, beyond normal

Front 37

ton-

Back 37

combining form
[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

Front 38

-us

Back 38

noun-forming suffix
person, condition, sometimes a malformed fetus

Front 39

iatr-

Back 39

combining form
healer, physician; treatment

Front 40

-genesis

Back 40

suffix form
formation, origin

Front 41

idi-

Back 41

combining form
of one's self

Front 42

path-

Back 42

combining form
[suffering] disease

Front 43

-rrhagia

Back 43

suffix form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 44

-rrhea

Back 44

suffix form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 45

-ectomy

Back 45

suffix form
surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ

Front 46

-oma

Back 46

noun-forming suffix
tumor, sometimes disease

Front 47

orth-

Back 47

combining form
straight, erect; normal

Front 48

dia-

Back 48

prefix
through, across, apart

Front 49

-graph

Back 49

suffix form
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 50

-osis

Back 50

noun-forming suffix
abnormal or diseased condition

Front 51

ot-

Back 51

combining form
ear

Front 52

rhin-

Back 52

combining form
nose

Front 53

-genic

Back 53

suffix form
causing, producing, caused

Front 54

pt-

Back 54

combining form
fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 55

pyrex-

Back 55

combining form
be feverish

Front 56

pyr-

Back 56

combining form
[fire] fever, burning

Front 57

sep-

Back 57

combining form
be infected, putrid

Front 58

-lytic

Back 58

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

Front 59

tenont-

Back 59

combining form
tendon

Front 60

-graphy

Back 60

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

Front 61

-tomy

Back 61

suffix form
surgical incision

Front 62

therapeu-

Back 62

combining form
treat medically, heal