Medical Vocab Lesson 4

Front 1

Aut

Back 1

Combining form

self

Front 2

Crin

Back 2

Combining form

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

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

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

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

flow, secrete

Front 22

Rhag

Back 22

Combining form

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 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

(muscular) tone, tension

Front 33

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 33

Compound Suffix Form

dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

Compound Suffix Form

substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

Compound Suffix Form

formation, origin

Front 37

-genic, -genous

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 40

-graphy

Back 40

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

Compound Suffix Form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

Compound Suffix Form

disease

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 45

-rrhagia

Back 45

Compound Suffix Form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

Compound Suffix Form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

Compound Suffix Form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 48

-scope

Back 48

Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for examining

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

Compound Suffix Form

examination

Front 50

-tome

Back 50

Compound Suffix Form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

Compound Suffix Form

surgical incision