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 feverish

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

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, -ectomy

Back 33

Compound Suffix Form
dilation, enlargement, surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ

Front 34

-gen

Back 34

Compound Suffix Form
substance that produces (something)

Front 35

-genesis

Back 35

Compound Suffix Form
formation, origin

Front 36

-genic

Back 36

Compound Suffix Form
causing, producing, caused

Front 37

-genous

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form
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 the activity of an organ
2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

Compound Suffix Form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

Combining Suffix Form
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

Combining Suffix Form
disease

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

Combining Suffix Form
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

Front 45

-rrhagia

Back 45

Combining Suffix Form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

Combining Suffix Form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

Combining Suffix Form
bursting (of tissue), rupture

Front 48

-scope

Back 48

Combining Suffix Form
an instrument for examining

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

Combining Suffix Form
examination

Front 50

-tome

Back 50

Combining Suffix Form
a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

Combining Suffix Form
surgical incision