Medical Vocab: Greek Verbs

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

ectasia, ectasis

Back 33

compound suffix

dilation , enlargement

Front 34

ectomy

Back 34

compound suffix

surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

Front 35

-gen*

Back 35

compound suffix

substance that produces

Front 36

- genesis

Back 36

compound suffix

formation, origin

Front 37

-genic

Back 37

compound suffix

causing, producing, caused

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

compound suffix

by, produced by or in

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

compound suffix

a record of the activity of an organ (often an xray)

Front 40

-graph

Back 40

compound suffix

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

compound suffix

recording of the ativity of an organ a descriptive treatise

Front 42

- lysis

Back 42

compound suffix

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

compound suffix

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

compound suffix

disease

Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

compound suffix

dropping, sagging, prolapse

Front 46

-rrhagia ++

Back 46

compound suffix


profuse, discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

- rrhea

Back 47

compound suffix

profuse, discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

compound suffix

bursting (of tissues) , rupture

Front 49

-scope

Back 49

compound suffix

an instrument for examining

Front 50

-sccopy

Back 50

compound suffix

examination

Front 51

-tome

Back 51

compound suffix

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

compound suffix

surgical incision

Front 53

*

Back 53

strictly speaking, -gen,-gram, and -graph are not suffix forms because there is no suffix on the combining form.