Lesson 4-Greek Verbs

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

self
-combining form

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

secrete, secretion
-combining form

Front 3

esthe(s)-

Back 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense
-combining form

Front 4

gen(e)-, -gen

Back 4

come into being; produce
-combining form

Front 5

gram-

Back 5

a record
-combining form

Front 6

graph-

Back 6

write, record
-combining form

Front 7

iatr-

Back 7

healer, physician; treatment
-combining form

Front 8

idi-

Back 8

of one's self
-combining form

Front 9

kine-

Back 9

move
-combining form

Front 10

kines(i)

Back 10

movement, motion
-combining form

Front 11

ly(s)-

Back 11

destroy, break down
-combining form

Front 12

myx-

Back 12

mucus
-combining form

Front 13

orth-

Back 13

straight, erect; normal
-combining form

Front 14

ot-

Back 14

ear
-combining form

Front 15

path-

Back 15

disease
-combining form

Front 16

phil-

Back 16

love; have an affinity for
-combining form

Front 17

pt-

Back 17

fall, sag, drop, prolapse
-combining form

Front 18

pyr-

Back 18

fever, burning
-combining form

Front 19

pyret-

Back 19

fever
-combining form

Front 20

pyrex-

Back 20

be feverish
-combining form

Front 21

rhe-

Back 21

flow, secrete
-combining form

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

flow profusely, hemorrhage
-combining form

Front 23

rhex-

Back 23

rupture
-combining form

Front 24

rhin-

Back 24

nose
-combining form

Front 25

scop-

Back 25

look at, examine
-combining form

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sep-

Back 26

be infected
-combining form

Front 27

ta-

Back 27

stretching
-combining form

Front 28

tel-

Back 28

end, completion
-combining form

Front 29

ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 29

tendon
-combining form

Front 30

therap(eu)-

Back 30

treat medically, heal
-combining form

Front 31

tom-

Back 31

a cutting slice, incision
-combining form

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ton-

Back 32

tone, tension
-combining form

Front 33

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 33

dilation, enlargement
-compound suffix form

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ
-compound suffix form

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

substance that produces (something)
-compound suffix form

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

formation, origin
-compound suffix form

Front 37

-genic

Back 37

causing, producing, caused
-compound suffix form

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

by, produced by or in
-compound suffix form

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

a record of the activity of an organ
-compound suffix form

Front 40

-graph

Back 40

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

Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

the recording of the activity of an organ; a descriptive treatise
-compound suffix form

Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
-compound suffix form

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-lytic

Back 43

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration
-compound suffix form

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-pathy

Back 44

disease
-compound suffix form

Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
-compound suffix form

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-rrhagia

Back 46

profuse discharge, hemorrhage
-compound suffix form

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-rrhea

Back 47

profuse discharge, excessive secretion
-compound suffix form

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-rrhexis

Back 48

bursting (of tissues), rupture
-compound suffix form

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-scope

Back 49

an instrument for examining
-compound suffix form

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-scopy

Back 50

examination
-compound suffix form

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-tome

Back 51

a surgical instrument for cutting
-compound suffix form

Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

surgical incision
-compound suffix form