Medical Terms Chapter 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

combining form
self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

combining form
(separate) secrete, scretion

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, secrete

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

combining form
(burst flow) 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] (muscualar) tone, tension

Front 33

-gen

Back 33

suffix form
substance that produces (something)

Front 34

-genesis

Back 34

suffix form
formation, origin

Front 35

-genic

Back 35

suffix form
causing, producing, caused

Front 36

-genous

Back 36

suffix form
by, produced by or in

Front 37

-gram

Back 37

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

Front 38

-graph

Back 38

suffix form
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 39

-graphy

Back 39

suffix form
(1) the recording of thea activity of an organ (ususally by x-ray examination)
(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 40

-lysis

Back 40

suffix form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 41

-lytic

Back 41

suffix form
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from ending lysis)

Front 42

-pathy

Back 42

suffix form
disease

Front 43

-ptosis

Back 43

suffix form
dropping, sagging, prolaspse (of an organ or part)

Front 44

-rrhagia

Back 44

suffix form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 45

rrhea-

Back 45

suffix form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 46

-rrhexis

Back 46

suffix form
bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 47

-scope

Back 47

suffix form
an instrument for examining

Front 48

-scopy

Back 48

suffix form
examination

Front 49

-tome

Back 49

suffix form
a surgical unstrument for cutting

Front 50

-tomy

Back 50

suffix form
surgical incision