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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


fevver

pytex-

combining form


be feverish

rhe-

combining form


(run) flow, secrete

rhag-

combining form


(burst flow) 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) or (muscular) tone, tension

-ecstasia, -ecstasis

compound forming suffix


dilation, enlargement

-ectomy

compound forming suffix


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

-gen

compound forming suffix


substance that produces (something)

-genesis

compound forming suffix


formation, origin

-genic, -genous,

compound forming suffix


causing, producing caused by, produced by or in

-gram

compound forming suffix


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

-graph

compound forming suffix


an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

-graphy

compound forming suffix


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


(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject) dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

-lysis

compound forming suffix


pertaining to dissolution or decomposition

-lytic

compound forming suffix


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

-pathy

compound forming suffix


disease

-ptosis

compound forming suffix


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

-rrhagia-

compound forming suffix


profuse discharge, hemorrhage

-rrhea

compound forming suffix


profuse discharge, excessive secretion

-rrhexis

compound forming suffix


bursting (of tissues), rupture

-scope

compound forming suffix


an instrument for examining

-scopy

compound forming suffix


examination

-tome

compound forming suffix


a surgical instrument for cutting

-tomy

compound forming suffix


surgical infection