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

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, breakdown

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 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

Back 37

Compound Suffix Form

causing, producing, caused

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

Compound Suffix Form

by, produced by or in

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 40

-graph

Back 40

Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

Compound Suffix Form

1. the recording of the activity of an organ

2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

Compound Suffix Form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

Compound suffix Form

disease

Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

Compound Suffix Form

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

Front 46

-rrhagia

Back 46

Compound Suffix form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

-rrhea

Back 47

Compound Suffix form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

Compound Suffix Form

bursting (of tissue), rupture

Front 49

-scope

Back 49

Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for examining

Front 50

-scopy

Back 50

Compound Suffix Form

examination

Front 51

-tome

Back 51

Compound Suffix Form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

Compound Suffix Form

surgical incision