Lesson 4 Flashcard Assignment

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 ones 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

mucous

Front 13

orth-

Back 13

combinining 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 affintiy 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 feberish

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) musclular tone, tension

Front 33

-ectasia
-ectasis

Back 33

compound verb suffix forms

dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

compound verb suffix forms

surgical excision, removal of all or part of an organ

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

compound verb suffix forms

substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

compound verb suffix forms

formation, origin

Front 37

-genic
-genous

Back 37

compound verb suffix forms

causing, producing, caused by, produced by

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

compound verb suffix forms

a record of the activity of an organ

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

compound verb suffix forms

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 40

-graphy

Back 40

compound verb suffix forms

1. the recording of activity
2. a descriptive treatise

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

compound verb suffix forms

dissolution, reduction, cecomposition

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

compound suffix form (adj.)

pertaining to dissoution or cocomposition

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

compound verb suffix forms

disease

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

compound verb suffix forms

dropping, sagging, prolapse

Front 45

-rrhagia

Back 45

compound verb suffix forms

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

compound verb suffix forms

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

compound verb suffix forms

bursting, rupture

Front 48

-scope

Back 48

compound verb suffix forms

an instrument for examining

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

compound verb suffix forms

examination

Front 50

-tome

Back 50

compound verb suffix forms

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

compound verb suffix forms

surgical incision