Lesson 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)-, -GEN

Back 4

combining form
come into being; produce

Front 5

GRAM-

Back 5

combining form
a record

Front 6

GRAPH-

Back 6

combning form
write, record

Front 7

IATR-

Back 7

combining form
healer, physician; treatment

Front 8

IDI-

Back 8

combinin gofm
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
destry, break down

Front 12

MYX-

Back 12

combining form
mucus

Front 13

ORTH-

Back 13

combining form
straigh, erect; normal

Front 14

OT-

Back 14

combining form
ear

Front 15

PATH-

Back 15

combining form
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
fever, burning

Front 19

PYRET-

Back 19

combinin form
fever

Front 20

PYREX-

Back 20

combining form
be feverish

Front 21

RHE-

Back 21

combining form
flow, secrete

Front 22

RHAG-

Back 22

combining form
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 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
tone, tension

Front 33

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 33

suffix form
dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

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

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

suffix form
substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

suffix form
formation, origin

Front 37

-genic, -genous

Back 37

suffix form
causing, producing, caused by produced by or in

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

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

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

suffix form
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 40

-graphy

Back 40

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

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

suffix form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

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

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

suffix form
disease

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

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

Front 45

-rrhagia

Back 45

suffix form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

suffix form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

suffix form
bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 48

-scope

Back 48

suffix form
an instrument for examining

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

suffix form
examination

Front 50

-tome

Back 50

suffix form
a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

suffix form
surgical incision