Medical Vocab Lesson 4 Vocab

Front 1

Aut-

Back 1

self
combining form

Front 2

Crin-

Back 2

[separate] secrete, secretion
combining form

Front 3

Esthe(s)-

Back 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense
combining form

Front 4

Gen(e)-, -Gen

Back 4

come into being; produce
combining form

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; having 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

Pyret-

Back 19

fever
combining form

Front 20

Pyrex-

Back 20

be feverish
combining form

Front 21

Rhe-

Back 21

[run] flow, secrete
combining form

Front 22

Rhag-

Back 22

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage
combining form

Front 23

Rhex-

Back 23

rupture
combining form

Front 24

Rhin-

Back 24

nose
combining form

Front 25

Scop-

Back 25

look at, examine
combining form

Front 26

Sep-

Back 26

[be putrid] be infected
combining form

Front 27

Ta-

Back 27

stretching
combining form

Front 28

Tel-

Back 28

end, completion
combining form

Front 29

Ten-, Tenon(t)-

Back 29

tendon
combining form

Front 30

Therap(eu)-

Back 30

treat medically, heal
combining form

Front 31

Tom-

Back 31

a cutting, slide, incision
combining form

Front 32

Ton-

Back 32

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension
combining form

Front 33

-Ecstasia, -Ectasis,

Back 33

dilation, enlargement
compound suffix form

Front 34

-Ectomy

Back 34

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

Front 35

-Gen

Back 35

substance that produces (something)
compound suffix form

Front 36

-Genesis

Back 36

formation, origin
compound suffix form

Front 37

-Genic

Back 37

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in
compound suffix form

Front 38

-Genous

Back 38

by, produced by or in
compound suffix form

Front 39

-Gram

Back 39

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

Front 40

-Graph

Back 40

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
compound suffix form

Front 41

-Graphy

Back 41

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

Front 42

-Lysis

Back 42

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
compound suffix form

Front 43

-Lytic

Back 43

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

Front 44

-Pathy

Back 44

disease
compound suffix form

Front 45

-Ptosis

Back 45

dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
compound suffix form

Front 46

-Rrhagia

Back 46

profuse discharge, hemorrhage
compound suffix form

Front 47

-Rrhea

Back 47

profuse discharge, excessive secretion
compound suffix form

Front 48

-Rrhexis

Back 48

bursting (of tissues), rupture
compound suffix form

Front 49

-Scope

Back 49

an instrument of examining
compound suffix form

Front 50

-Scopy

Back 50

examination
compound suffix form

Front 51

-Tome

Back 51

a surgical instrument for cutting
compound suffix form

Front 52

-Tomy

Back 52

surgical incision
compound suffix form