Lesson 4 Medical Vocabulary

Front 1

Aut-

Back 1

Combining Form

Self

Front 2

Crin-

Back 2

Combining Form

[Separate] Secrete, secretion

Front 3

Este(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 on'es 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, -ectomy

Back 33

Compound forming suffix

Dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-Gen*

Back 34

Compound forming suffix

Substance that produces (something)

Front 35

-Genesis

Back 35

Compound forming suffix

Formation, origin

Front 36

-genic

Back 36

Compound forming suffix

Causing, producing, caused

Front 37

-genous

Back 37

Compound forming suffix

by, produced by, or in

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

Compound forming suffix

a record of activity of an organ

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

Compound forming suffix

An instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 40

-Graphy

Back 40

Compound forming suffix

the recording of the activity of an organ

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

Compound Forming Suffix

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

Compound forming suffix

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

Compound forming suffix

disease

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

Compound forming suffix

Dropping, sagging, prolapse

Front 45

-Rrhagia

Back 45

Compound forming Suffix

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

Compound Forming suffix

profuse discharge, hemmorrhage

Front 47

-Rrhexis

Back 47

Compound forming suffix

bursting(of tissues), rupture

Front 48

-Scope

Back 48

Compound Forming suffix

an instrument for examining

Front 49

-Scopy

Back 49

Compound Forming Suffix

examination

Front 50

-Tome

Back 50

Compound Forming Suffix

A surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-Tomy

Back 51

Compound Forming Suffix

Surgical incision