Matt Nash Medical Vocabulary - Lesson 4

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Aut-

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self

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Crin-

Back 2

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secrete, secretion

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Esthe-

Back 3

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sensation, sensitivity, sense

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Gen-

Back 4

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come into being; produce

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Gram-

Back 5

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a record

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Graph-

Back 6

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write, record

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Iatr-

Back 7

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healer, physician, treatment

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Idi-

Back 8

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of one's self

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Kine-

Back 9

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move

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Kines-

Back 10

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movement, motion

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Lys-

Back 11

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destroy, break down

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Myx-

Back 12

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mucus

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Orth-

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straight, erect; normal

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Ot-

Back 14

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ear

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Path-

Back 15

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disease

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Phil-

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love; have an affinity for

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Pt-

Back 17

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fall, sag, drop, prolapse

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Pyr-

Back 18

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fever, burning

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Pyret-

Back 19

Combining Form
fever

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Pyrex-

Back 20

Combining Form
be feverish

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Rhe-

Back 21

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flow, secrete

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Rhag-

Back 22

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flow profusely, hemorrhage

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Rhex-

Back 23

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rupture

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Rhin-

Back 24

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nose

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Scop-

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look at, examine

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Sep-

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be infected

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Ta-

Back 27

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stretching

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Tel-

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end, completion

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Ten-

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tendon

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Therap-

Back 30

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treat medically, heal

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Tom-

Back 31

Combining Form
a cutting, slice, incision

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Ton-

Back 32

Combining Form
tone, tension

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-ectasia

Back 33

Coumpound Suffix Form
dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

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

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-gen

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Coumpound Suffix Form
substance that produces

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-genesis

Back 36

Coumpound Suffix Form
formation, origin

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-genic

Back 37

Coumpound Suffix Form
causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

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-gram

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

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-graph

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

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-graphy

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Coumpound 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

Coumpound Suffix Form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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-lytic

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Coumpound Suffix Form
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)

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-pathy

Back 43

Coumpound Suffix Form
disease

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-ptosis

Back 44

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

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-rrhagia

Back 45

Coumpound Suffix Form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

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-rrhea

Back 46

Coumpound Suffix Form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

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-rrhexis

Back 47

Coumpound Suffix Form
bursting (of tissues), rupture

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-scope

Back 48

Coumpound Suffix Form
an instrument for examining

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-scopy

Back 49

Coumpound Suffix Form
examination

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-tome

Back 50

Coumpound Suffix Form
a surgical instrument for cutting

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-tomy

Back 51

Coumpound Suffix Form
surgical incision

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esthes-

Back 52

Combining Form
sensation, sensitivity, sense

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gene-

Back 53

Combining Form
come into being; produce

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-gen

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come into being; produce

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kinesi-

Back 55

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movement, motion

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tenon-

Back 56

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tendon

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tenont-

Back 57

Combining Form
tendon

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therapeu-

Back 58

Combining Form
treat medically, heal

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-ectasis

Back 59

Coumpound Suffix Form
dilation, enlargement

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-genous

Back 60

Coumpound Suffix Form
causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in