Lesson 4 Kelsey Randall

Front 1

AUT-

Back 1

Combining form meaning

self

Front 2

CRIN-

Back 2

Combining form meaning

(seperate) secrete, secretion

Front 3

ESTHE(S)-

Back 3

Combining form meaning

sensation, sensitivity, sense

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GEN(E)- , -GEN

Back 4

Combining form meaning

come into being; procedure

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GRAM-

Back 5

Combining form meaning

(something written) a record

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GRAPH-

Back 6

write, record

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IATR-

Back 7

Combining form meaning

healer, physician; treatment

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IDI-

Back 8

Combining form meaning

of one's self

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KINE-

Back 9

Combining form meaning

move

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KINES(I)-

Back 10

Combining form meaning

movement, motion

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LY(S)-

Back 11

Combining form meaning

destroy, break down

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MYX-

Back 12

Combining form meaning

mucus

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ORTH-

Back 13

Combining form meaning

straight, erect; normal

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OT-

Back 14

Combining form meaning

ear

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PATH-

Back 15

Combining form meaning

(suffering) disease

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PHIL-

Back 16

Combining form meaning

love; have an affinity for

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PT-

Back 17

Combining form meaning

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

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PYR-

Back 18

Combining form meaning

(fire) fever, burning

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PYRET-

Back 19

Combining form meaning

fever

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PYREX-

Back 20

Combining form meaning

be feverish

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RHE-

Back 21

Combining form meaning

(run) flow, secrete

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RHAG-

Back 22

Combining form meaning

(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage

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RHEX-

Back 23

Combining form meaning

rupture

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RHIN-

Back 24

Combining form meaning

nose

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SCOP-

Back 25

Combining form meaning

look at, examine

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SEP-

Back 26

Combining form meaning

(be putrid) be infected

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TA-

Back 27

Combining form meaning

stretching

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TEL-

Back 28

Combining form meaning

end, completion

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TEN- , TENON(T)-

Back 29

Combining form meaning

tendon

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THERAP(EU)-

Back 30

Combining form meaning

treat medically, heal

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TOM-

Back 31

Combining form meaning

a cutting slice, incision

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TON-

Back 32

Combining form meaning

(A stretching) (muscular) tone, tension

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-ectasia, -ectasis, -ectomy

Back 33

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

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-gen

Back 34

Compound suffix form

substance that produces (something)

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-genesis

Back 35

Compound suffix form

formation, origin

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-genic

Back 36

Compound suffix form

causing, producing, caused

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-genous

Back 37

Compound suffix form

by, produced by or in

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-gram

Back 38

Compound suffix form


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

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-graph

Back 39

Compound suffix form


an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

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-graphy

Back 40

Compound suffix form

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

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-lysis

Back 41

Compound suffix form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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-lytic

Back 42

Compound suffix form

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

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-pathy

Back 43

Compound suffix form

disease

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-ptosis

Back 44

Compound suffix form

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

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-rrhagia

Back 45

Compound suffix form

profuse, discharge, hemorrhage

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-rrhea

Back 46

Compound suffix form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

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-rrhexis

Back 47

Compound suffix form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

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-scope

Back 48

Compound suffix form

an instrument for examining

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-scopy

Back 49

Compound suffix form

examination

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-tome

Back 50

Compound suffix form

a surgical instrument for cutting

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-tomy

Back 51

Compound suffix form

surgical incision