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aut-

combining form




self

crin-

combining form




[separate] secrete, secretion

esthe(s)-

combining form




sensation, sensitivity, sense

gen(e)-, -gen

combining form




come into being; produce

gram-

combining form




[something written] a record

graph-

combining form




write, record



iatr-

combining form




healer, physician; treatment

idi-

combining form




of one's self

kine-

combining form




move



kines(i)-

combining form




movement, motion



ly(s)-

combining form




destroy, break down

myx-

combining form




mucus

orth-

combining form




straight, erect; normal

ot-

combining form




ear

path-

combining form




[suffering] disease

phil-

combining form




love; have an affinity for

pt-

combining form




fall, sag, drop, prolapse

pyr-

combining form




[fire] fever, burning

pyret-

combining form




fever

pyrex-

combining form




be feverish

rhe-

combining form




[run] flow, secrete

rhag-

combining form




[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

rhex-

combining form




rupture

rhin-

combining form




nose

scop-

combining form




look at, examine

sep-

combining form




[be putrid] be infected

ta-

combining form




stretching

tel-

combining form




end, completion

ten-, tenon(t)-

combining form




tendon

therap(eu)-

combining form




treat medically, heal

tom-

combining form




a cutting, slice, incision

ton-

combining form




[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

-ectasia, -ectasis

compound suffix form




dilation, enlargement

-ectomy

compound suffix form




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

-gen

compound suffix form




substance that produces (something)

-genesis

compound suffix form




formation, origin

-genic

compound suffix form




causing, producing, caused

-genous

compound suffix form




by, produced by or in

-gram

compound suffix form




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

-graph

compound suffix form




an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

-graphy

compound suffix form




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


(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

-lysis

compound suffix form




dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

-lytic

compound suffix form




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

-pathy

compound suffix form




disease

-ptosis

compound suffix form




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

-rrhagia

compound suffix form




profuse discharge, hemorrhage

-rrhea

compound suffix form




profuse discharge, excessive secretion

-rrhexis

compound suffix form




bursting (of tissues), rupture

-scope

compound suffix form




an instrument for examining

-scopy

compound suffix form




examination

-tome

compound suffix form




a surgical instrument for cutting

-tomy

compound suffix form




a surgical instrument for cutting surgical incision