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

-gen, -genesis, genic, -genous, -gram

Back 33

(compound suffix form)

substance that produces (something) formation, origin causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in a record of the activity of an organ

(often an x-ray)

Front 34

-graph

Back 34

(compound suffix form)

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 35

-graphy

Back 35

(compound suffix form)

1. the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray)

2.a descriptive treatise (on the subject)

Front 36

-lysis

Back 36

(compound suffix form)

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 37

-lytic

Back 37

(compound suffix form)

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

Front 38

-pathy

Back 38

(compound suffix form)

disease

Front 39

-ptosis

Back 39

(compound suffix form)

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

Front 40

-rrhagia

Back 40

(compound suffix form)

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 41

-rrhea

Back 41

(compound suffix form)

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 42

-rrhexis

Back 42

(compound suffix form)

bursting (of tissue), rupture

Front 43

-scope

Back 43

(combining suffix form)

an instruments for examining

Front 44

-scopy

Back 44

(combining suffix form)

examination

Front 45

-tome

Back 45

(combining suffix form)

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 46

-tomy

Back 46

(combining suffix form)

surgical incision