Med Vocab Lesson 4

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

combining form

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

Front 35

gen

Back 35

compound suffix form

substance that produces (something)

Front 36

genic

Back 36

compound suffix form

causing, producing, caused

Front 37

genous

Back 37

compound suffix form

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) dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 41

tom

Back 41

combining form

a cutting, slice, incision

Front 42

ton

Back 42

combining form

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

Front 43

ectasia, ectasis

Back 43

compound suffix form

dilation, enlargement

Front 44

ectomy

Back 44

combining form

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

Front 45

gen

Back 45

compound suffix form

substance that produces (something)

Front 46

genic

Back 46

compound suffix form

causing, producing, caused

Front 47

genous

Back 47

compound suffix form

by, produced by or in

Front 48

gram

Back 48

compound suffix form

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

Front 49

graph

Back 49

compound suffix form

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 50

graphy

Back 50

compound suffix form

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

Front 51

lysis

Back 51

compound suffix form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 52

lytic

Back 52

compound suffix form

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

Front 53

pathy

Back 53

compound suffix form

disease

Front 54

ptosis

Back 54

compound suffix form

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

Front 55

rrhagia

Back 55

compound suffix form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 56

rrhea

Back 56

compound suffix form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 57

rrhexis

Back 57

compound suffix form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 58

scope

Back 58

compound suffix form

an instrument for examining

Front 59

scopy

Back 59

compound suffix form

examination

Front 60

tome

Back 60

compound suffix form

a sugrical instrument for cutting

Front 61

tomy

Back 61

compound suffix form

surgical incision