Lesson 4 Greek Verbs

Front 1

AUT-

Back 1

Combining Form
self

Front 2

CRIN-

Back 2

Combining Form
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
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
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
fever, burning

Front 19

PYRET-

Back 19

Combining Form
fever

Front 20

PYREX-

Back 20

Combining Form
be feversish

Front 21

RHE-

Back 21

Combining Form
flow, secrete

Front 22

RHAG-

Back 22

Combining Form
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 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
(muscular) tone, tension

Front 33

-ectasia, -ectasis, -ectomy

Back 33

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

Front 34

-gen

Back 34

Compound Suffix Form
substance that produces (something)

Front 35

-genesis

Back 35

Compound Suffix Form
formation, origin

Front 36

-genic

Back 36

Compound Suffix Form
causing, producing, caused

Front 37

-genous

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form
by, produced by or in

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

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

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

Compound Suffix Form
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 40

-graphy

Back 40

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

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

Compound Suffix Form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

Compound Suffix Form
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives fro mwords ending in -lysis)

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

Compound Suffix Form
disease

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

Compound Suffix Form
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

Front 45

-rrhagia

Back 45

Compound Suffix Form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

Compound Suffix Form
prfuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

Compound Suffix Form
bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 48

-scope

Back 48

Compound Suffix Form
an instrument for examining

Front 49

-scopy

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