Medical Vocab 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

graph-

Back 5

Combining Form

write, record

Front 6

iatr-

Back 6

Combining Form

healer, physician;treatment

Front 7

idi-

Back 7

Combining Form

of one's self

Front 8

kine-

Back 8

Combining Form

move

Front 9

kines(I)-

Back 9

Combining Form

movement, motion

Front 10

ly(s)-

Back 10

Combining Form

destroy, breakdown

Front 11

myx-

Back 11

Combining Form

mucus

Front 12

orth-

Back 12

Combining Form

straight, erect;normal

Front 13

ot-

Back 13

Combining Form

ear

Front 14

path-

Back 14

Combining Form

(suffering) disease

Front 15

phil-

Back 15

Combining Form

love; have an affinity for

Front 16

pt

Back 16

Combining Form

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 17

pyr-

Back 17

Combining Form

(fire) fever, burning

Front 18

pyret-

Back 18

Combining Form

fever

Front 19

pyrex-

Back 19

Combining Form

be feverish

Front 20

rhe-

Back 20

Combining Form

(run) flow, secrete

Front 21

rhag

Back 21

Combining Form

(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 22

rhex-

Back 22

Combining Form

rupture

Front 23

rhin-

Back 23

Combining Form

nose

Front 24

scop-

Back 24

Combining Form

look at, examine

Front 25

sep-

Back 25

Combining Form

(be putrid) be infected

Front 26

ta-

Back 26

Combining Form

stretching

Front 27

tel-

Back 27

Combining Form

end, completion

Front 28

ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 28

Combining Form

tendon

Front 29

therap(eu)-

Back 29

Combining Form

treat medically, heal

Front 30

tom-

Back 30

Combining Form

a cutting, slice, incision

Front 31

ton-

Back 31

Combining Form

(a stretching) (muscular) tone, tension

Front 32

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 32

Suffix Form

dilation, enlargement

Front 33

-ectomy

Back 33

Suffix Form

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

Front 34

-gen

Back 34

Suffix Form

substance that produces (something)

Front 35

-genesis

Back 35

Suffix Form

formation, origin

Front 36

-genic

-genous

Back 36

Suffix Form

causing, producing, caused 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 the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)

2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 40

-lysis

Back 40

Suffix Form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disentegration

Front 41

-lytic

Back 41

Suffix Form

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

Front 42

-pathy

Back 42

Suffix Form

disease

Front 43

-ptosis

Back 43

Suffix Form

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

Front 44

-rrhagia

Back 44

Suffix Form

profuse discharge, hemmorhage

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 instrument for cutting

Front 50

-tomy

Back 50

Suffix Form

surgical incision