Medical Terminology Lesson 4 Flashcards

Front 1

AUT-

Back 1

self

Front 2

CRIN-

Back 2

[separate]secrete,secretion

Front 3

ESTHE(S)-

Back 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense

Front 4

GEN(E)-, -GEN

Back 4

come into being; produce

Front 5

GRAM-

Back 5

[something written] a record write, record

Front 6

GRAPH-

Back 6

write, record

Front 7

IATR-

Back 7

healer, physician; treatment

Front 8

IDI-

Back 8

of one's self

Front 9

KINE-

Back 9

move

Front 10

KINES( I )-

Back 10

movement, motion

Front 11

LY(S)-

Back 11

destroy, break down

Front 12

MYX-

Back 12

mucus

Front 13

ORTH-

Back 13

straight, erect; normal

Front 14

OT-

Back 14

ear

Front 15

PATH-

Back 15

[suffering] disease

Front 16

PHIL-

Back 16

love; have an affinity for

Front 17

PT-

Back 17

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 18

PYR-

Back 18

[fire] fever, burning

Front 19

PYRET-

Back 19

fever

Front 20

PYREX-

Back 20

be feverish

Front 21

LY(S)-

Back 21

destroy, break down

Front 22

MYX-

Back 22

mucus

Front 23

ORTH-

Back 23

straight, erect; normal

Front 24

OT-

Back 24

ear

Front 25

PATH-

Back 25

[suffering] disease

Front 26

PHIL-

Back 26

love; have an affinity for

Front 27

PT-

Back 27

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 28

PYR-

Back 28

[fire] fever, burning

Front 29

PYRET-

Back 29

fever

Front 30

PYREX-

Back 30

be feverish

Front 31

RHE-

Back 31

[run] flow, secrete

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RHAG-

Back 32

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 33

RHEX-

Back 33

rupture

Front 34

RHIN-

Back 34

nose

Front 35

SCOP-

Back 35

look at, examine

Front 36

SEP-

Back 36

[be putrid] be infected

Front 37

TA-

Back 37

stretching

Front 38

TEL-

Back 38

end, completion

Front 39

TEN-, TENON(T)-

Back 39

tendon

Front 40

THERAP(EU)-

Back 40

treat medically, heal

Front 41

TOM-

Back 41

a cutting, slice, incision

Front 42

TON-

Back 42

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

Front 43

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 43

dilation, enlargement

Front 44

-ectomy

Back 44

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

Front 45

-gen

Back 45

substance that produces (something)

Front 46

-genesis

Back 46

formation, origin

Front 47

-genic, -genous

Back 47

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

Front 48

-gram

Back 48

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

Front 49

-graph

Back 49

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 50

-graphy

Back 50

1. the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray)
2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject) dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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-lysis

Back 51

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 52

-lytic

Back 52

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

Front 53

-pathy

Back 53

disease

Front 54

-ptosis

Back 54

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

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-rrhagia

Back 55

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 56

-rrhea

Back 56

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 57

-rrhexis

Back 57

bursting(of tissues), rupture

Front 58

-scope

Back 58

an instrument for examining

Front 59

-scopy

Back 59

examination

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-tome

Back 60

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 61

-tomy

Back 61

surgical incision