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aut-

combining form
self

crin-

combining form
[separate] secrete, secretion

esthe(s)-

combining form
sensation, sensitivity, sense

gen(e)-, -gen

combining form
come into being; produce

gram-

combining form


[something written] a record

graph-

combining form
write, record

iatr-

combining form
healer, physician; treatment

idi-

combining form
of one's self

kine-

combining form
move

kines(i)-

combining form
movement, motion

ly(s)-

combining form
destroy, break down

myx-

combining form
mucus

orth-

combining form
straight, erect; normal

ot-

combining form
ear
path-

combining form
[suffering] disease

phil-

combining form
love; have an affinity for
pt-
combining form
fall, sag, drop, prolapse

pyr-

combining form
[fire] fever, burning

pyret-

combining form
fever

pyrex-

combining form
be feverish

rhe-

combining form
[run] flow, secrete


(rheum, from Greek rheuma and rheumatos, means "a watery discharge")


(related to Greek verb rhein meaning "that which flows")

rhag-

combining form
[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

rhex-
combining form
rupture

rhin-

combining form
nose
scop-
combining form
look at, examine

sep-

combining form
[be putrid] be infected

ta-

combining form
stretching
tel-
combining form
end, completion

ten-, tenon(t)-

combining form
tendon

therap(eu)-

combining form
treat medically, heal
tom-
combining form
a cutting, slice, incision
ton-

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

-ectasia, -ectasis

compound suffix form
dilation, enlargement
-ectomy

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

-gen

compound suffix form
subatance that produces (something)

-genesis
compound suffix form
formation, origin
-genic
compound suffix form
causing, producing, caused
-genous
compound suffix form
by, produced by or in
-gram

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

-graph

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

-graphy

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

-lysis

compound suffix form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

-lytic

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

-pathy

compound suffix form
disease

-ptosis

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

-rrhagia

compound suffix form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

-rrhea

compound suffix form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

-rrhexis

compound suffix form
bursting (of tissues), rupture

-scope

compound suffix form
an instrument for examining

-scopy
compound suffix form
examination
-tome
compound suffix form
a surgical instrument for cutting
-tomy
compound suffix form
surgical incision

ly(s)-

combining form


loosen, destroy


[verb: lyein; Greek forms: lyo, lyso, elysa, lelyka, lelymai, elythen]