Medical Terms Lesson 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

combining form
self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

combining form
[separate] secrete, secretion

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 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

-gen*

Back 33

compound suffix
substance that produces (something)

Front 34

-genesis

Back 34

compound suffix
formation, origin

Front 35

-genic

Back 35

compound suffix
causing, producing, caused

Front 36

-genous

Back 36

compound suffix
by, produced by or in

Front 37

-gram

Back 37

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

Front 38

-graph

Back 38

compound suffix
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 39

-graphy

Back 39

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

Front 40

-lysis

Back 40

compound suffix
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 41

-lytic

Back 41

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

Front 42

-pathy

Back 42

compound suffix
disease

Front 43

-ptosis

Back 43

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

Front 44

-rrhagia

Back 44

compound sufix
profuse, discharge, hemorrhage

Front 45

-rrhea

Back 45

compound suffix
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 46

-rrhexis

Back 46

compound suffix
bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 47

-scope

Back 47

compound suffix
an instrument for examining

Front 48

-scopy

Back 48

compound suffix
examination

Front 49

-tome

Back 49

compound suffix
a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 50

-tomy

Back 50

compound suffix
surgical incision