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, breakdown

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; having 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

-gen*

Back 33

Compound Suffix Form

-substance that produces (something)

Front 34

-genesis

Back 34

Compound Suffix Form

-Formation, origin

Front 35

-genic

Back 35

Compound Suffix Form

-causing, producing, caused

Front 36

-genous

Back 36

Compound Suffix Form

-by, produced by or in

Front 37

-gram

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 38

-graph

Back 38

Compound Suffix Form

-an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 39

-graphy

Back 39

Compound Suffix Form

-1) the recording of the activity of an organ (often by x-ray)

2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 40

-lysis

Back 40

Compound Suffix Form

-dissolution, reduction, decomposition, and disintegration

Front 41

-lytic

Back 41

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 42

-pathy

Back 42

Compound Suffix Form

-disease

Front 43

-ptosis

Back 43

Compound Suffix Form

-dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

Front 44

-rrhagia

Back 44

Compound Suffix Form

-profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 45

-rrhea

Back 45

Compound Suffix Form

-profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 46

-rrhexis

Back 46

Compound Suffix Form

-bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 47

-scope

Back 47

Compound Suffix Form

-an instrument of examining

Front 48

-scopy

Back 48

Compound Suffix Form

-examination

Front 49

-tome

Back 49

Compound Suffix Form

-a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 50

-tomy

Back 50

Compound Suffix Form

-surgical incision