Medical Vocab Walker-Esbaugh Chapter 4

Front 1

Aut-

Back 1

Combining form

Self

Front 2

Crin-

Back 2

Combining form

(seperate) 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, 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

(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) burning, fever

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) 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 incision, removal of all or part 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 activity of an organ

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 discriptive treatise

Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

Compound suffix form

Dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

Compound suffix form

pertaining to dissolution or disentegration

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