Med Terms Lesson 4

Front 1

AUT

Back 1

combining form self

Front 2

CRIN

Back 2

combining form 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 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, secret

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 or part of an organ

Front 35

gen

Back 35

compound suffix form substance that produces (something)

Front 36

genesis

Back 36

compound suffix form formation, origin

Front 37

genic, genous

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

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 2) a descriptive treatise

Front 41

lysis

Back 41

compound suffix form dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

lytic

Back 42

compound suffix form pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

pathy

Back 43

compound suffix form disease

Front 44

ptosis

Back 44

compound suffix form dropping, sagging, prolapse

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, rupture

Front 48

scope

Back 48

compound suffix form an instrument for examining

Front 49

scopy

Back 49

compound suffix form examination

Front 50

tome

Back 50

compound suffix form a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

tomy

Back 51

compound suffix form surgical incision