Lesson 4 Vocabulary

Front 1

AUT-

Back 1

combining form

Hint 1

self

Front 2

CRIN-

Back 2

combining form

Hint 2

(separate) secrete, secretion

Front 3

ESTHE(S)-

Back 3

combining form

Hint 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense

Front 4

GEN(E)-, -GEN

Back 4

combining form

Hint 4

come into being; produce

Front 5

GRAM-

Back 5

combining form

Hint 5

(something written) a record

Front 6

GRAPH-

Back 6

combining form

Hint 6

write, record

Front 7

IATR-

Back 7

combining form

Hint 7

healer, physician; treatment of one's self

Front 8

IDI-

Back 8

combining form

Hint 8

of one's self

Front 9

KINE-

Back 9

combining form

Hint 9

move

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KINES(I)-

Back 10

combining form

Hint 10

movement, motion

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LY(S)

Back 11

combining form

Hint 11

destroy, break down

Front 12

MYX-

Back 12

combining form

Hint 12

mucus

Front 13

ORTH-

Back 13

combining form

Hint 13

straight, erect; normal

Front 14

OT-

Back 14

combining form

Hint 14

ear

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PATH-

Back 15

combining form

Hint 15

(suffering) disease

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PHIL-

Back 16

combining form

Hint 16

love; have an affinity for

Front 17

PT-

Back 17

combining form

Hint 17

fall, sag, drop, prolaps

Front 18

PYR-

Back 18

combining form

Hint 18

(fire) fever, burning

Front 19

PYRET-

Back 19

combining form

Hint 19

fever

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PYREX-

Back 20

combining form

Hint 20

be feverish

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RHE-

Back 21

combining form

Hint 21

(run) flow, secrete

Front 22

RHAG-

Back 22

combining form

Hint 22

(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage

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RHEX-

Back 23

combining form

Hint 23

rupture

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RHIN-

Back 24

combining form

Hint 24

nose

Front 25

SCOP-

Back 25

combining form

Hint 25

look at, examine

Front 26

SEP-

Back 26

combining form

Hint 26

(be putrid) be infected

Front 27

TA-

Back 27

combining form

Hint 27

stretching

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TEL-

Back 28

combining form

Hint 28

end, completion

Front 29

TEN-, TENON(T)-

Back 29

combining form

Hint 29

tendon

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THERAP(EU)-

Back 30

combining form

Hint 30

treat medically, heal

Front 31

TOM-

Back 31

combining form

Hint 31

a cutting, slice, incision

Front 32

TON-

Back 32

combining form

Hint 32

(a stretching) (muscular) tone, tension

Front 33

-ECTASIA, -ECTASIS

Back 33

compound suffix form

Hint 33

dilation,enlargement

Front 34

-ECTOMY

Back 34

compound suffix form

Hint 34

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

Front 35

-GEN

Back 35

compound suffix form

Hint 35

substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-GENESIS

Back 36

compound suffix form

Hint 36

formation, organ

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-GENIC

Back 37

compound suffix form

Hint 37

causing, producing, cuased

Front 38

-GENOUS

Back 38

compound suffix form

Hint 38

by, produced by or in

Front 39

-GRAM

Back 39

compound suffix form

Hint 39

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

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-GRAPH

Back 40

compound suffix form

Hint 40

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 41

-GRAPHY

Back 41

compound suffix form

Hint 41

(1) teh recrdoing of teh activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination) (2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

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-LYSIS

Back 42

compound suffix form

Hint 42

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-LYTIC

Back 43

compound suffix form

Hint 43

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjetives from words ending in -lysis

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-PATHY

Back 44

compound suffix form

Hint 44

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

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-RRHAGIA

Back 45

compound suffix form

Hint 45

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

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-RRHEA

Back 46

compound suffix form

Hint 46

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-RRHEXIS

Back 47

compound suffix form

Hint 47

bursting (of tissues), rupture

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-SCOPE

Back 48

compound suffix form

Hint 48

an instrument for examining

Front 49

-SCOPY

Back 49

compound suffix form

Hint 49

examination

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-TOME

Back 50

compound suffix form

Hint 50

a surgical instrument for cutting

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-TOMY

Back 51

compound suffix form

Hint 51

surgical incision