Medical Vocab Greek Verbs Chapter 4

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AUT-

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Combining Form

self

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CRIN-

Back 2

Combining Form

[separate] secrete, secretion

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ESTHE(S)-

Back 3

Combining Form

sensation, sensitivity, sense

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GEN(E), -GEN

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Combining Form

come into being; produce

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GRAM-

Back 5

Combining Form

[something written] a record

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GRAPH

Back 6

Combining Form

write, record

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IATR-

Back 7

Combining Form

healer, physician; treatment

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IDI-

Back 8

Combining Form

of one's self

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KINE-

Back 9

Combining Form

move

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KINES(I)-

Back 10

Combining Form

movement, motion

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LY(S)-

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COMBINING FORM

destroy, breakdown

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MYX-

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COMBINING FORM

mucus

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ORTH-

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COMBINING FORM

straight, erect; normal

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OT-

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COMBINING FORM

ear

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PATH-

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COMBINING FORM

[suffering] disease

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PHIL-

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COMBINING FORM

love; have an affinity for

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PT-

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COMBINING FORM

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

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PYR-

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COMBINING FORM

[fire] fever, burning

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PYRET-

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COMBINING FORM

fever

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PYREX-

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COMBINING FORM

be feverish

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RHE-

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COMBINING FORM

[run] flow, secrete

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RHAG-

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COMBINING FORM

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

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RHEX-

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COMBINING FORM

rupture

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RHIN-

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COMBINING FORM

nose

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SCOP-

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COMBINING FORM

look at, examine

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SEP-

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COMBINING FORM

[be putrid] be infected

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TA-

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COMBINING FORM

stretching

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TEL-

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COMBINING FORM

end, completion

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TEN-, TENON(T)-

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COMBINING FORM

tendon

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THERAP(EU)-

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COMBINING FORM

treat medically, heal

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TOM-

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COMBINING FORM

a cutting, slice, incision

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TON-

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COMBINING FORM

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

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-ECTASIA, -ECTASIS, -ECTOMY

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

dilation, enlargement surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) of part (partial excision) of an organ

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-GEN

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

substance that produces (something)

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-GENESIS

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

formation, origin

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-GENIC

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

causing, producing, caused

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-GENOUS

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

by, produced by or in

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-GRAM

Back 39

COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

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

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-GRAPH

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

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-GRAPHY

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

1- the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)

2- a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

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-LYSIS

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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-LYTIC

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

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

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-PATHY

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

disease

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-PTOSIS

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

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

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-RRHAGIA

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

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-RRHEA

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

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-RRHEXIS

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

bursting (of tissues), rupture

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-SCOPE

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

an instrument for examining

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-SCOPY

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

examination

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-TOME

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

a surgical instrument for cutting

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-TOMY

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COMPOUND SUFFIX FORM

surgical incision