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aut-

Combining form




self

crin-

Combining form




secrete, secretion

esthe(s)-

Combining form




sensation, sensitivity, sense

gen(e)-, -gen

Combining form




come into being; produce

gram-

Combining form




a record

graph-

Combining form




write, record

iatr-

Combining form




healer, physician; treatment

idi-

Combining form




of one's self

kine-

Combining form




move

kines(i)-

Combining form




movement, motion

ly(s)-

Combining form




destroy, break down

myx-

Combining form




mucus

orth-

Combining form




straight, erect; normal

ot-

Combining from




ear

path-

Combining form




disease

phil-

Combining form




love; have an affinity for

pt-

Combining form




fall, sag, drop, prolapse

pyr-

Combining form




fever, burning

pyret-

Combining form




fever

pyrex-

Combining form




be feverish

rhe-

Combining form




flow, secrete

rhag-

Combining form




flow profusely, hemorrhage

rhex-

Combining form




rupture

rhin-

Combining form




nose

scop-

Combining form




look at, examine

sep-

Combining form




be infected

ta-

Combining form




stretching

tel-

Combining form




end, completion

ten-, tenon(t)-

Combining form




tendon

therap(eu)-

Combining form




treat medically, heal

tom-

Combining form




a cutting, slice, incision

ton-

Combining form




(muscular) tone, tension

-ectasia, -ectasis

Compound suffix form




dilation, enlargement

-ectomy

Compound suffix form




surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

-gen

Compound suffix form




substance that produces (something)

-genesis

Compound suffix form




formation, origin

-genic, -genous

Compound suffix form




causing, producing, caused by; produced by or in

-gram

Compound suffix form




a record of the activity of an organ

-graph

Compound suffix form




an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

-graphy

Compound suffix form




the recording of the activity of an organ; a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

-lysis

Compound suffix form




dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

-lytic

Compound suffix form




pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration


(forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)

-pathy

Compound suffix form




disease

-ptosis

Compound suffix form




dropping, sagging, prolapse

-rrhagia

Compound suffix form




profuse discharge, hemorrhage

-rrhea

Compound suffix form




profuse discharge, excessive secretion

-rrhexis

Compound suffix form




bursting (of tissues), rupture

-scope

Compound suffix form




an instrument from examining

-scopy

Compound suffix form




examination

-tome

Compound suffix form




a surgical instrument form cutting

-tomy

Compound suffix form




a surgical incision