Medical Terminology Lesson 4

Front 1

combining form
aut-

Back 1

self

Front 2

combining form
crin-

Back 2

(seperate) secrete, secretion

Front 3

combining form
esthe(s)-

Back 3

sensation, sensitvity, sense

Front 4

combining form
gen(e)-
-gen

Back 4

come into being; produce

Front 5

combining form
gram-

Back 5

(something written) a record

Front 6

combining form
graph-

Back 6

write, record

Front 7

combining form
iatr-

Back 7

healer, physician; treatment

Front 8

combining form
idi-

Back 8

of one's self

Front 9

combining form
kine-

Back 9

move

Front 10

combining form
kines(i)-

Back 10

movement, motion

Front 11

combining form
ly(s)-

Back 11

destroy, break down

Front 12

combining form
myx-

Back 12

mucus

Front 13

combining form
orth-

Back 13

staight, erect, normal

Front 14

combining form
ot-

Back 14

ear

Front 15

combining form
path-

Back 15

(suffering) disease

Front 16

combining form
phil-

Back 16

love; have an affinity for

Front 17

combining form
pt-

Back 17

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 18

combining form
pyr-

Back 18

(fire) fever, burning

Front 19

combining form
pyret-

Back 19

fever

Front 20

combining form
pyrex

Back 20

be feverish

Front 21

combining form
rhe-

Back 21

(run) flow, secrete

Front 22

combining form
rhag-

Back 22

(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrage

Front 23

combining form
rhex-

Back 23

rupture

Front 24

combining form
rhin-

Back 24

nose

Front 25

combining form
scop-

Back 25

look at, examine

Front 26

combining form
sep-

Back 26

(be putrid) be infected

Front 27

combining form
ta-

Back 27

stretching

Front 28

combining form
tel-

Back 28

end, completion

Front 29

combining form
ten-
tenon(t)-

Back 29

tendon

Front 30

combining form
therap(eu)-

Back 30

treat medically, heal

Front 31

combining form
tom-

Back 31

a cutting, slice, incision

Front 32

combining form
ton-

Back 32

(a stretching) (muscular) tone, tension

Front 33

compound suffix form
-ectasia, ectasis

Back 33

dilation, enlargement

Front 34

compound suffix form
-ectomy

Back 34

surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) or an organ

Front 35

compound suffix form
-gen

Back 35

substance that produces something

Front 36

compound suffix form
-genesis

Back 36

formation, origin

Front 37

compound suffix form
-genic

Back 37

causing, producing, caused

Front 38

compound suffix form
-genous

Back 38

by, produced by or in

Front 39

compound suffix form
-gram

Back 39

a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

Front 40

compound suffix form
-graph

Back 40

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 41

compound suffix form
-graphy

Back 41

(1) recording of the activity of an organ (usually x-ray examniation)
(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 42

compound suffix form
-lysis

Back 42

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

compound suffix form
-lytic

Back 43

pertiaining to dissolution or decomposition, disitegration

Front 44

compound suffix form
-pathy

Back 44

disease

Front 45

compound suffix form
-ptosis

Back 45

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

Front 46

compound suffix form
-rrhagia

Back 46

profuse, discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

compound suffix form
-rrhea

Back 47

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

compound suffix form
-scope

Back 48

an insturment for examining

Front 49

compound suffix form
-scopy

Back 49

examination

Front 50

compound suffix form
-tome

Back 50

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

compound suffix form
-tomy

Back 51

surgical incision

Front 52

compound suffix form
rrhexis

Back 52

bursting (of tissues), rupture