Lesson 4 Flashcards

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

self

Hint 1

Combining Form

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

[separate] secrete, secretion

Hint 2

Combining Form

Front 3

esthe(s)

Back 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense

Hint 3

Combining Form

Front 4

gen(e), -gen

Back 4

come into being; produce

Hint 4

Combining Form

Front 5

gram-

Back 5

[something written] a record

Hint 5

Combining Form

Front 6

graph-

Back 6

write, record

Hint 6

Combining Form

Front 7

iatr-

Back 7

healer, physician; treatmeant

Hint 7

Combining Form

Front 8

idi-

Back 8

of one's self

Hint 8

Combining Form

Front 9

kine-

Back 9

move

Hint 9

Combining Form

Front 10

kines(i)

Back 10

movement, motion

Hint 10

Combining Form

Front 11

ly(s)-

Back 11

destroy, break down

Hint 11

Combining Form

Front 12

myx-

Back 12

mucus

Hint 12

Combining Form

Front 13

orth-

Back 13

straight, erect; normal

Hint 13

Combining Form

Front 14

ot-

Back 14

ear

Hint 14

Combining Form

Front 15

path-

Back 15

[suffering] disease

Hint 15

Combining Form

Front 16

phil-

Back 16

love; have an affinity for

Hint 16

Combining Form

Front 17

pt-

Back 17

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Hint 17

Combining Form

Front 18

pyr-

Back 18

[fire] fever, burning

Hint 18

Combining Form

Front 19

pyret-

Back 19

fever

Hint 19

Combining Form

Front 20

pyrex-

Back 20

be feverish

Hint 20

Combining Form

Front 21

rhe-

Back 21

[run] flow, secrete

Hint 21

Combining Form

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

Hint 22

Combining Form

Front 23

rhex-

Back 23

rupture

Hint 23

Combining Form

Front 24

rhin-

Back 24

nose

Hint 24

Combining Form

Front 25

scop-

Back 25

look at, examine

Hint 25

Combining Form

Front 26

sep-

Back 26

[be putrid] be infected

Hint 26

Combining Form

Front 27

ta-

Back 27

stretching

Hint 27

Combining Form

Front 28

tel-

Back 28

end, completion

Hint 28

Combining Form

Front 29

ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 29

tendon

Hint 29

Combining Form

Front 30

therap(eu)

Back 30

treat medically, heal

Hint 30

Combining Form

Front 31

tom-

Back 31

a cutting, slice, incision

Hint 31

Combining Form

Front 32

ton-

Back 32

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

Hint 32

Combining Form

Front 33

-gen

Back 33

substance that produces (something)

Hint 33

Compound Suffix Form

Front 34

-genesis

Back 34

formation, origin

Hint 34

Compound Suffix Form

Front 35

-genic

Back 35

causing, producing, caused

Hint 35

Compound Suffix Form

Front 36

-genous

Back 36

by, produced by or in

Hint 36

Compound Suffix Form

Front 37

-gram

Back 37

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

Hint 37

Compound Suffix Form

Front 38

-graph

Back 38

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Hint 38

Compound Suffix Form

Front 39

-graphy

Back 39

(1) the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)
(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Hint 39

Compound Suffix Form

Front 40

-lysis

Back 40

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Hint 40

Compound Suffix Form

Front 41

-lytic

Back 41

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

Hint 41

Compound Suffix Form

Front 42

-pathy

Back 42

disease

Hint 42

Compound Suffix Form

Front 43

-ptosis

Back 43

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

Hint 43

Compound Suffix Form

Front 44

-rrhagia

Back 44

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Hint 44

Compound Suffix Form

Front 45

-rrhea

Back 45

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Hint 45

Compound Suffix Form

Front 46

-rrhexis

Back 46

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Hint 46

Compound Suffix Form

Front 47

-scope

Back 47

an instrument for examining

Hint 47

Compound Suffix Form

Front 48

-scopy

Back 48

examination

Hint 48

Compound Suffix Form

Front 49

-tome

Back 49

a surgical instrument for cutting

Hint 49

Compound Suffix Form

Front 50

-tomy

Back 50

surgical incision

Hint 50

Compound Suffix Form