Medic Vocab Lesson 4

Front 1

Aut-

Back 1

combining form

self

Front 2

Crin-

Back 2

Combining form

(seperate) 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

Compound Suffix form

surgical excision; 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

-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

-graph

Back 38

Compound suffix form

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 39

-graphy

Back 39

compound suffix form

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

(2) a desriptive treatise a(on a subject)

Front 40

lysis

Back 40

Compound suffix form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 41

lytic

Back 41

Compound suffix form

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

Front 42

-pathy

Back 42

compound suffix form

disease

Front 43

-ptosis

Back 43

Compound suffix form

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

Front 44

-rrhagia

Back 44

compound suffix form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 45

-rrhea

Back 45

compound suffix form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 46

-rrhexis

Back 46

Compound suffix form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 47

-scope

Back 47

Compound suffix form

an instrument for examining

Front 48

-scopy

Back 48

Compound suffix form

examination

Front 49

-tome

Back 49

Compound suffix form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 50

-tomy

Back 50

Compound suffix form

surgical incision