Med Vocab Lesson 4

Front 1

autos AUT-

Back 1

self aut-ism

Front 2

krinein CRIN-

Back 2

[separate] secrete, secretion endo-crin-ology

Front 3

aisthesis ESTHE(S)-

Back 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense esthe-tics

Front 4

gignesthai GEN(E)-

Back 4

come into being; produce gene-tics

Front 5

gignesthai -GEN

Back 5

come into being; produce gene-tics

Front 6

gramma GRAM-

Back 6

[something written] a record cardio-gram

Front 7

graphein GRAPH-

Back 7

write, record graph-ology

Front 8

iatros IATR-

Back 8

healer, physician; treatment iatr-ogenic

Front 9

idios IDI-

Back 9

of one’s self idi-opathic

Front 10

kinein KINE-

Back 10

move kine-tics

Front 11

kinesis KINES(I)-

Back 11

movement, motion kines-iology

Front 12

lyein LY(S)-

Back 12

destroy, break down hemo-lys-is

Front 13

myxa MYX-

Back 13

mucus myx-ocyte

Front 14

orthos ORTH-

Back 14

straight, erect; normal orth-odontia

Front 15

ous, otos OT-

Back 15

ear ot-algia

Front 16

pathos PATH-

Back 16

[suffering] disease path-ogen

Front 17

philein PHIL-

Back 17

love; have an affinity for hemo-phil-iac

Front 18

piptein PT-

Back 18

fall, sag, drop, prolapse hystero-pt-osis

Front 19

pyr, pyros PYR-

Back 19

[fire] fever, burning pyr-omania

Front 20

pyretos PYRET-

Back 20

fever anti-pyret-ic

Front 21

pyressein PYREX-

Back 21

be feverish pyrex-in

Front 22

rhein RHE-

Back 22

[run] flow, secrete diar-rhe-a

Front 23

rhegnynai RHAG-

Back 23

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage menor-rhag-ia

Front 24

rhexis RHEX-

Back 24

rupture rhex-is

Front 25

rhis, rhınos RHIN-

Back 25

nose rhin-oplasty

Front 26

skopein SCOP-

Back 26

look at, examine oto-scop-y

Front 27

sepein SEP-

Back 27

[be putrid] be infected sep-sis

Front 28

tasis TA-

Back 28

stretching myo-ta-tic

Front 29

telos TEL-

Back 29

end, completion tel-angion

Front 30

tenon, tenontos TEN-

Back 30

tendon ten-odesis

Front 31

tenon, tenontos TENON(T)-

Back 31

tendon ten-odesis

Front 32

therapeuein THERAP(EU)-

Back 32

treat medically, heal therapeu-tics

Front 33

tome TOM-

Back 33

a cutting, slice, incision tom-ography

Front 34

tonos TON-

Back 34

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension ton-icity

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

formation, origin

Front 37

-genic

Back 37

causing, producing, caused

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

by, produced by or in

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

a record of the activity of an organ (often an

x-ray)

Front 40

-graph

Back 40

an instrument for recording the activity of an

organ

Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

the recording of the activity of an organ

or

a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition,

disintegration (forms adjectives from words

ending in -lysis)

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

disease

Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or

part)

Front 46

-rhagia

Back 46

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

-rrhea

Back 47

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 49

-scope

Back 49

an instrument for examining

Front 50

-scopy

Back 50

examination

Front 51

-tome

Back 51

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

surgical incision