Medical Terminology 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; came 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; fever

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

-gen*

Back 34

compound suffix form; substance that produces (something)

Front 35

-genesis

Back 35

compound suffix form; formation, origin

Front 36

-genic

Back 36

compound suffix form; causing, producing, caused

Front 37

-genous

Back 37

compound suffix form; by, produced by or in

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

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

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

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

Front 40

-graphy

Back 40

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 41

-lysis

Back 41

compound suffix form; dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

compound suffix form;

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

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

compound suffix form;

disease

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

compound suffix form;

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

Front 45

-rrhagia

Back 45

compound suffix form;

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

compound suffix form;

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

compound suffix form;

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 48

-scope

Back 48

compound suffix form;

an instrument for examining

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

compound suffix form;

examination

Front 50

-tome

Back 50

compound suffix form;

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

compound suffix form;

surgical incision

Front 52

-ectomy

Back 52

compound suffix form;

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