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

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

-estasia, -ectasis,

Back 33

compounding suffix form

dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

compounding suffix form

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

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

compounding suffix form

substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

compounding suffix form

formation, origin

Front 37

-genic

Back 37

compound suffix form

causing, producing, caused

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

compound suffix form

by, produced by or in

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

compound suffix form

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

Front 40

-graph

Back 40

compound suffix form

an instrument for recording the activity of an

organ

Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

compound suffix form

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

2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

compound suffix form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

compound suffix form

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

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

compound suffix form

disease

Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

compound suffix form

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

Front 46

-rrhagia

Back 46

compound suffix form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

-rrhea

Back 47

compound suffix form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

compound suffix form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 49

-scope

Back 49

compound suffix form

an instrument for examining

Front 50

-scopy

Back 50

compound suffix form

examination

Front 51

-tome

Back 51

compound suffix form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

compound suffix form

surgical incision

Front 53

a

Back 53

a