Medical Terminology Lesson 4

Front 1

aut

Back 1

combining form
self

Front 2

crin

Back 2

combining form
secrete, secretion

Front 3

esthes

Back 3

combining form
sensation, sensitivity, sense

Front 4

gen

Back 4

combining form
coming into being, or existence

Front 5

gram

Back 5

combining form
a record

Front 6

iatr

Back 6

combining form
healer, physician

Front 7

idi

Back 7

combining form
of on'es self

Front 8

kine

Back 8

combining form
move

Front 9

kines

Back 9

combining form
movement, motion

Front 10

lys

Back 10

combining form
destroy, breakdown

Front 11

myx

Back 11

combining form
mucus

Front 12

orth

Back 12

combining form
straight, erect, normal

Front 13

ot

Back 13

combining form
ear

Front 14

path

Back 14

combining form
disease

Front 15

phil

Back 15

combining form
love, have an affinity for

Front 16

pt

Back 16

combining form
fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 17

pyr

Back 17

combining form
fire, fever, burning

Front 18

pyret

Back 18

combining form
fever

Front 19

pyrex

Back 19

combining formbe feverish

Front 20

rhe

Back 20

combining form
run , flow, secrete

Front 21

rhag

Back 21

combining form
flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 22

rhex

Back 22

combining form
rupture

Front 23

rhin

Back 23

combining form
nose

Front 24

scop

Back 24

combining form
look at, examine

Front 25

sep

Back 25

combining form
to be infected

Front 26

ta

Back 26

combining form
stretching

Front 27

tel

Back 27

combining form
end, completion

Front 28

ten

Back 28

combining form
tendon

Front 29

tenon(t)-

Back 29

combining form
tendon

Front 30

therap(eu)

Back 30

treat medically, heal

Front 31

tom

Back 31

combining form
a cutting, slice, incision

Front 32

-ton

Back 32

combining form
muscular tone or 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 or part of an organ

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

compound suffix form
substance that produces something

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

compound suffix form
formation or origin

Front 37

-genic

Back 37

compound suffix form
causing, producing, caused

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

compound suffix form
by, produced by or in

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

compound suffix form
a record of the activity of an organ often an x-ray

Front 40

-graph

Back 40

compound suffix form
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

compound suffix form
the recording of the activity of an organ or a descriptive treatise

Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

compound suffix form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

compound suffix form
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

compound suffix form
disease

Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

compound suffix form
dropping, sagging, prolapse of an organ or a 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, or 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