Lesson 4 Medical Terminology

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

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) or part (partial excision) of an organ

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-gen

Back 35

Compound Suffix Form

substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

Compound Suffix Form

formation, origin

Front 37

-genic
-genou

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form

causing, producing, caused 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 by x-ray examination)
2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

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-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 from words ending in -lysis

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-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

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

Compound Suffix Form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

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-scope

Back 48

Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for examining

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

Compound Suffix Form

examination

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-tome

Back 50

Compound Suffix Form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

Compound Suffix Form

surgical incision