Lesson 4 Flashcards

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 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

Pyret-

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

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

-Ectomy

Back 33

Compound Suffix

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

Front 34

-Gen

Back 34

Compound Suffix

substance that produces(something)

Front 35

-Genesis

Back 35

Compound Suffix

formation, origin

Front 36

-Genic

Back 36

Compound Suffix

causing, produce, caused

Front 37

-Genous

Back 37

Compound Suffix

by, produced by or in

Front 38

-Gram

Back 38

Compound Suffix

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

Front 39

-Graph

Back 39

Compound Suffix

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 40

-Graphy

Back 40

Compound Suffix

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

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

-Lytic

Back 42

Compound Suffix

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

Front 43

-Pathy

Back 43

Compound Suffix

disease

Front 44

-Ptosis

Back 44

Compound Suffix

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

Front 45

-Rrhagia

Back 45

Compound Suffix

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 46

-Rrhea

Back 46

Compound Suffix

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-Rrhexis

Back 47

Compound Suffix

bursting (of tissue), rupture

Front 48

-Scope

Back 48

Compound Suffix

an instrument for examining

Front 49

-Scopy

Back 49

Compound Suffix

examination

Front 50

-Tome

Back 50

Compound Suffix

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-Tomy

Back 51

Compound Suffix

surgical incision