Lesson 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

combining form
self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

combining form
[separate] 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 ferverish

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

thereap(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
dilation, enlargement, surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

Front 34

ectomy

Back 34

compound suffix
surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

Front 35

gen

Back 35

compound suffix
substance that produces (something)

Front 36

genesis

Back 36

compound suffix
formation, origin

Front 37

genic

Back 37

compound suffix
causing, producing, caused

Front 38

genous

Back 38

compound suffix
by, produced by or in

Front 39

gram

Back 39

compound suffix
a record of the activity of an organ

Front 40

graph

Back 40

compound suffix
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 41

praphy

Back 41

compound suffix
1. the recording of the activity of an organ
2. a descriptive treatise

Front 42

lysis

Back 42

compound suffix
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

lytic

Back 43

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

Front 44

pathy

Back 44

compound suffix
disease

Front 45

ptosis

Back 45

compound suffix
dropping, sagging, prolapse of an organ or part

Front 46

rrhagia

Back 46

compound suffix
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

rrhea

Back 47

compound suffix
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

rrhexis

Back 48

compound suffix
bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 49

scope

Back 49

compound suffix
an instrument for examining

Front 50

scopy

Back 50

compound suffix
examination

Front 51

tome

Back 51

compound suffix
a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 52

tomy

Back 52

compound suffix
surgical incision