Lesson 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

combining form;

self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

combining form;

[seperate] secrete, secretion

Front 3

esthe(s)-

Back 3

combining form;

sensation, sensitvity, 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

pryet-

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,

Back 33

compound suffix forms;

dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

compound suffix forms;

surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

compound suffix forms;

substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

compound suffix forms;

formation, origin

Front 37

-genic, -genous

Back 37

compound suffix forms;

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

compound suffix forms;

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

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

compound suffix forms;

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 40

-graphy

Back 40

compound suffix forms;

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

(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

compound suffix forms;

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

compound suffix forms;

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

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

compound suffix forms;

disease

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

compound suffix forms;

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

Front 45

-rrhagia

Back 45

compound suffix forms;

profuse discharge, hemorrage

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

compound suffix forms;

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

compound suffix forms;

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 48

-scope

Back 48

compound suffix forms;

an instrument for exaiming

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

compound suffix forms;

examination

Front 50

-tome

Back 50

compound suffix forms;

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

compound suffix forms;

surgical incision