Medical Terminology 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, burning

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
Streching

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

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form
Causing, producing, caused

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

Compound Suffix Form
By, producing by or in

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

Compound Suffix Form
A record of the activity of organ (often an x-ray)

Front 40

-graph

Back 40

Compound Suffix Form
An instrument of recording the activity of organ

Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

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 42

-lysis

Back 42

Compound Suffix Form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintergration

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

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

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

Compound Suffix Form
Disease

Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

Compound Suffix Form
Dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

Front 46

-rrhagia

Back 46

Compound Suffix Form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

-rrhea

Back 47

Compound Suffix Form
Profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

Compound Suffix Form
Bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 49

-scope

Back 49

Compound Suffix Form
An instrument for examining

Front 50

-scopy

Back 50

Compound Suffix Form
Examination

Front 51

-tome

Back 51

Compound Suffix Form
A surgical instrument for cutting

Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

Compound Suffix Form
Surgical incision