Medical Vocab Lesson 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

Combining Form
self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

Combining Form
[separtate] secrete, serection

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

[something written] a record
Combining Form

Front 6

graph-

Back 6

write, record
Combining Form

Front 7

iatr-

Back 7

healer, physician; treatment
Combining Form

Front 8

idi-

Back 8

of one's self
Combining Form

Front 9

kine-

Back 9

move
Combining Form

Front 10

kines(i)-

Back 10

movement, motion
Combining Form

Front 11

ly(s)-

Back 11

destroy, break down
Combining Form

Front 12

myx-

Back 12

mucus
Combining Form

Front 13

orth-

Back 13

straight, erect; normal
Combining Form

Front 14

ot-

Back 14

ear
Combining Form

Front 15

path-

Back 15

[suffering] disease
Combining Form

Front 16

phil-

Back 16

love; have an affinity for
Combining Form

Front 17

pt-

Back 17

fall, sag, drop, prolapse
Combining Form

Front 18

pyr-

Back 18

[fire] fever, burning
Combining Form

Front 19

pyrex-

Back 19

be feverish
Combining Form

Front 20

rhe-

Back 20

[run] flow, secrete
Combining Form

Front 21

rhag-

Back 21

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage
Combining Form

Front 22

rhex-

Back 22

rupture
Combining Form

Front 23

rhin-

Back 23

nose
Combining Form

Front 24

scop-

Back 24

look at, examine
Combining Form

Front 25

sep-

Back 25

[be putrid] be infected
Combining Form

Front 26

ta-

Back 26

stretching
Combining Form

Front 27

tel-

Back 27

end, completion
Combining Form

Front 28

ten-,tenon(t)-

Back 28

tendon
Combining Form

Front 29

therap(eu)-

Back 29

treat medically, heal
Combining Form

Front 30

tom-

Back 30

a cutting, slice, incision
Combining Form

Front 31

ton-

Back 31

Combining Form
[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

Front 32

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 32

Compound Suffix Form
dilation, enlargement

Front 33

-ectomy

Back 33

Compound Suffix Form
surgical excision;removal of (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ

Front 34

-gen

Back 34

Compound Suffix Form
substance that produces (something)

Front 35

-genesis

Back 35

Compound Suffix Form
formation, origin

Front 36

-genic

Back 36

Compound Suffix Form
causing, producing, caused

Front 37

-genous

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form
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
dissolution, reduction, 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

bursting (of tissues), rupture
Compound Suffix Form

Front 48

-scope

Back 48

an instrument for examining
Compound Suffix Form

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

examination
Compound Suffix Form

Front 50

-tome

Back 50

a surgical instrument for cutting
Compound Suffix Form

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

surgical incision