Lesson 4 Greek Verbs

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

iater

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

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) (muscular) tone, tension

Front 33

ectasia,ectasis

Back 33

compound suffix form:
dilation, enlargement

Front 34

ectomy

Back 34

compound suffix form:
surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) of an organ

Front 35

gen

Back 35

compound suffix form:
substance that produces (something)

Front 36

genesis

Back 36

compound suffix form:
formation, origin

Front 37

genic

Back 37

compound suffix form:
causing, producing, caused

Front 38

genous

Back 38

compound suffix form:
by, produced by or in

Front 39

gram

Back 39

compound suffix form:
a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

Front 40

graph

Back 40

compound suffix form:
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 41

graphy

Back 41

compound suffix form:
(1) the recording of the activity of an organ. (2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 42

lysis

Back 42

compound suffix form:
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

lytic

Back 43

compound suffix form:
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (form adjectives from words ending in lysis)

Front 44

pathy

Back 44

compound suffix form:
disease

Front 45

ptosis

Back 45

compound suffix form:
dropping, sagging, prolapse

Front 46

rrhagia

Back 46

compound suffix form:
profuse discharge, hemmorrhage

Front 47

rrhea

Back 47

compound suffix form:
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

rrhexis

Back 48

compound suffix form:
bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 49

scope

Back 49

compound suffix form:
examination

Front 50

tome

Back 50

compound suffix form:
a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

tomy

Back 51

compound suffix form:
surgical incision

Front 52

amyxia

Back 52

Absence or deficiency of mucus.

Front 53

anesthesiology

Back 53

The branch of medicine concerned with the control of acute or chronic pain; the use of sedative, analgesic, hypnotic, antiemetic, respiratory, and cardiovascular drugs; preoperative assessment, intraoperative patient management, and postoperative care; and autonomic, neuromuscular, cardiac, and respiratory physiology.

Front 54

angiogram

Back 54

A radiographic record of the size, shape, and location of the heart and blood vessels after introduction of a radiopaque contrast medium.
A catheter is usually inserted into a peripheral vessel and guided to the affected area by use of the Seldinger technique. The recording can be either serial film or digital imaging.

Front 55

arachnolysin

Back 55

The hemolysin present in spider venom.

Front 56

atelocardia

Back 56

Congenital incomplete development of the heart.

Front 57

autism

Back 57

1. In classic psychiatry, mental introversion in which the attention or interest is thought to be focused on the ego.
Objective validation of this concept is lacking.
2. Withdrawal from communication with others, often accompanied by repetitive or primitive behaviors.

Front 58

autohemolysis

Back 58

Hemolysis of one's blood cells by one's own serum.

Front 59

cardiotomy

Back 59

Incision of the heart.

Front 60

crinogenic

Back 60

Producing or stimulating secretion

Front 61

dysgraphia

Back 61

1. A persistent deficit in handwriting, usually the result of developmental diseases (in children) and of brain injury, dementia, or stroke (in adults).
2. An infrequently used term for “writer’s cramp.”

Front 62

dyskinesia

Back 62

1. A defect in the ability to perform voluntary movement.
2. Any disorder characterized by uncontrolled or involuntary movements.

Front 63

endocrinology

Back 63

The scientific study of hormones and of the glands that secrete them.

Front 64

gastroscope

Back 64

A rigid endoscope for inspecting the stomach's interior.
This instrument has been replaced by flexible, fiberoptic endoscopes.

Front 65

genetics

Back 65

The study of heredity and its variations.

Front 66

hemidysesthesia

Back 66

Impaired sensation of half of the body.

Front 67

hemophiliac

Back 67

One afflicted with hemophilia.

Front 68

hepatogenous

Back 68

Originating in the liver.

Front 69

hepatorrhexis

Back 69

A rupture of the liver.

Front 70

histokinesis

Back 70

Movement in the tissues of the body.

Front 71

hypertonus

Back 71

Increased tension, as muscular tension in spasm.

Front 72

iatrogenesis

Back 72

Any injury or illness that occurs as a result of medical care.
Some examples: chemotherapy used to treat cancer may cause nausea, vomiting, hair loss, or depressed white blood cell counts. The use of a Foley catheter for incontinence can create a urinary tract infection and urinary sepsis. A guiding principle of health care is to do little harm to patients while effecting cures—but this ideal is not always achieved. In the U.S., deaths that result from health care errors and complications of treatment are among the most common causes of mortality.

Front 73

idiopathic

Back 73

Pertaining to illnesses whose cause is either uncertain or as yet undetermined.

Front 74

leukorrhagia

Back 74

A white, estrogen-related, scant-to-moderate, odorless, physiological vaginal discharge, normally preceding menarche and occurring during ovulation, during pregnancy, and in response to sexual excitement.

Front 75

meningorrhea

Back 75

Effusion of blood on or between the meninges.

Front 76

myectomy

Back 76

Excision of a portion of a muscle.

Front 77

myelatelia

Back 77

not in dictionary

Front 78

myotatic

Back 78

The contraction of a muscle as a result of quickly stretching the same muscle. Stretch reflexes are of primary importance in the maintenance of posture.

Front 79

myxoma

Back 79

Tumor composed of mucous connective tissue similar to that present in the embryo or umbilical cord.
Cells are stellate or spindle-shaped and separated by mucoid tissue. The tumors are usually soft, gray, lobulated, and translucent and are not completely encapsulated. Myxomas may be pure or of mixed types involving other types of tissue.

Front 80

necrogenous

Back 80

Caused by, pert. to, or originating in dead matter.

Front 81

onychorrhexis

Back 81

Abnormal brittleness and splitting of the nails.

Front 82

orthodiagraph

Back 82

An instrument invented in 1912; formerly used to record the outlines and positions of internal organs or foreign bodies seen radiographically.
The device is obsolete.

Front 83

orthosis

Back 83

Any device added to the body to stabilize or immobilize a body part, prevent deformity, protect against injury, or assist with function.

Front 84

otomycosis

Back 84

An infection of the external auditory meatus of the ear caused by a fungus.

Front 85

pachyrhinic

Back 85

Having a thick, flat nose.

Front 86

pathogenic

Back 86

Productive of disease.

Front 87

ptosis

Back 87

Dropping or drooping of an organ or part, as the upper eyelid from paralysis, or the visceral organs from weakness of the abdominal muscles.

Front 88

pyrexia

Back 88

1. Abnormal elevation of temperature.

Front 89

pyrogen

Back 89

Any agent that causes fever.
It may be exogenous, such as bacteria or viruses, or endogenous, produced in the body. The latter are usually in response to stimuli accompanying infection or inflammation.

Front 90

rhinomycosis

Back 90

Fungi in the mucous membranes and secretions of the nose.

Front 91

sepsis

Back 91

A systemic inflammatory response to infection, in which there is fever or hypothermia, tachycardia, tachypnea, and evidence of inadequate blood flow to internal organs.

Front 92

spasmolytic

Back 92

Arresting spasms or that which acts as an antispasmodic.

Front 93

splenectasia

Back 93

Enlargement of the spleen.

Front 94

telangioma

Back 94

A tumor made up of dilated capillaries or arterioles.

Front 95

telangiosis

Back 95

A disease of capillary vessels.

Front 96

tenodynia

Back 96

Pain in a tendon

Front 97

tenontography

Back 97

A treatise on tendons.

Front 98

tenontomyotomy

Back 98

Cutting of the principal tendon of a muscle with excision of the muscle in part or in whole.

Front 99

tenostosis

Back 99

Calcification of a tendon.

Front 100

therapeutics

Back 100

That branch of medicine concerned with the application of remedies and the treatment of disease.

Front 101

toxolysin

Back 101

A substance that destroys toxins.