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

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

ly(s)

Back 10

combining form

destroy, break down

Front 11

myx-

Back 11

combining form

mucus

Front 12

orth-

Back 12

combining form

straight, erect; normal

Front 13

ot-

Back 13

combining form

ear

Front 14

path-

Back 14

combining form

[suffering] disease

Front 15

phil-

Back 15

combining form

love; have an affinity for

Front 16

pt-

Back 16

combining form

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 17

pyr-

Back 17

combining form

[fire] fever, burning

Front 18

pyret-

Back 18

combining form

fever

Front 19

pyrex-

Back 19

combining form

be feverish

Front 20

rhe-

Back 20

combining form

[run] flow, secrete

Front 21

rhag-

Back 21

combining form

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 22

rhex-

Back 22

combining form

rupture

Front 23

rhin-

Back 23

combining form

nose

Front 24

scop-

Back 24

combining form

look at, examine

Front 25

sep-

Back 25

combining form

[be putrid] be infected

Front 26

ta-

Back 26

combining form

stretching

Front 27

tel-

Back 27

combining form

end, completion

Front 28

ten-, tenon(t)

Back 28

combining form

tendon

Front 29

therap(eu)

Back 29

combining form

treat medically, heal

Front 30

tom-

Back 30

combining form

a cutting slice

Front 31

ton-

Back 31

combining form

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

Front 32

-ectasia, -ectasis, -ectomy

Back 32

compound suffix form

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

Front 33

-gen

Back 33

compound suffix form

substance that produces (something)

Front 34

-genesis

Back 34

compound suffix form

formation, origin

Front 35

-genic, -genous

Back 35

compound suffix form

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

Front 36

-gram

Back 36

compound suffix form

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

Front 37

-graph

Back 37

compound suffix form

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 38

-graphy

Back 38

compound suffix form

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

Front 39

-lysis

Back 39

compound suffix form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 40

-lytic

Back 40

compound suffix form

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

Front 41

-pathy

Back 41

compound suffix form

disease

Front 42

-ptosis

Back 42

compound suffix form

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

Front 43

-rrhagia

Back 43

compound suffix form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 44

-rrhea

Back 44

compound suffix form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 45

-rrhexis

Back 45

compound suffix form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 46

-scope

Back 46

compound suffix form

an instrument for examining

Front 47

-scopy

Back 47

compound suffix form

examination

Front 48

-tome

Back 48

compound suffix form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 49

-tomy

Back 49

compound suffix form

surgical incision

Front 50

*tetanus

Back 50

Greek word related linguistically to the noun tasis (stretching), and tonos (tension); acute disease known to ancient physicians

Front 51

*opisthotonos

Back 51

body is stretched backward in a tetanic spasm

Front 52

*emprosthotonos

Back 52

body is stretched forward in a tetanic spasm

Front 53

*pleurothotonos

Back 53

body is stretched to the side in a tetanic spasm

Front 54

*orthotonos

Back 54

the body is held rigidly stretched in a straight line

Front 55

*parotid gland

Back 55

runs alongside the ear; one of the glands that supplies saliva to the mouth

Front 56

*parotitis

Back 56

Inflammation of the parotid gland; an acute, contagious disease commonly known as mumps

Front 57

*rheum

Back 57

a watery discharge, word related to the verb rhein and meaning "that which flows"

Front 58

*rheumatism

Back 58

thought to be caused by a flowing of the humors in the body

Front 59

*ptomaine

Back 59

generic name for certain alkaloid bodies found in decaying animal and vegetable matter; coined in 1876 by Italian scientist Franz Salmi

Front 60

*capillary

Back 60

from Latin, pertaining to hair

Front 61

*telangiosis

Back 61

any disease of the capillaries

Front 62

*telangioma

Back 62

a tumor made up of dilated capillaries