Lesson 4 Flashcards

Front 1

Aut-

Back 1

Combining form

self

Front 2

Crin-

Back 2

Combining form,

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,

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,

disease

Front 16

Phil-

Back 16

Combining form,

love; have an affinity for

Front 17

pt-

Back 17

Combining form,

fall, drag, sag, prolapse

Front 18

Pyr-

Back 18

Combining form,

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,

flow, secrete

Front 22

Rhag-

Back 22

Combining form,

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 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,

(muscular) tone, tension

Front 33

-gen

Back 33

Compound suffix form

substance that produces

Front 34

-genesis

Back 34

Compound suffix form

formation, origin

Front 35

-genic

Back 35

Compound suffix form

causing, producing, caused

Front 36

-genous

Back 36

Compound suffix form

by, produced by or in

Front 37

-gram

Back 37

Compound suffix form

a record of the activity of an organ

Front 38

-graph

Back 38

compound suffix form

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 39

-graphy

Back 39

Compound suffix form

1. the recording of the activity of an organ

2. a descriptive treatise dissolution, decomposition, disintesgration

Front 40

-lysis

Back 40

Compound Suffix Form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 41

-lytic

Back 41

Compound Suffix Form

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

-pathy

Back 42

Compound Suffix Form

disease

Front 43

-ptosis

Back 43

Compound Suffix Form

dropping, sagging, prolapse

Front 44

-rrhagia

Back 44

Compound Suffix Form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 45

-rrhea

Back 45

Compound Suffix Form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 46

-rrhexis

Back 46

Compound Suffix Form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 47

-scope

Back 47

Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for examining

Front 48

-scopy

Back 48

Compound Suffix Form

examination

Front 49

-tome

Back 49

Compound Suffix Form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 50

-tomy

Back 50

Compound Suffix Form

surgical incision

Front 51

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 51

Compound Suffix Form

dilation, enlargement

Front 52

-ectomy

Back 52

Compound Suffix Form

Surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ