Medical Vocabulary From Lesson 4

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Aut-

Back 1

Combining Form

self

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Crin-

Back 2

Combining Form

(separate) secrete, secretion

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esthe(s)

Back 3

Combining Form

sensation, sensitivity, sense

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Gen(e)-,-Gen

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Combining Form

come into being;produce

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Gram-

Back 5

Combining Form

write, record

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Graph-

Back 6

Combining Form

write, record

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Iatr-

Back 7

Combining Form

healer, physician; tratment

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idi-

Back 8

Combining Form

of one's self

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kine-

Back 9

Combining Form

move

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kines(i)

Back 10

Combining Form

moveent, motion

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Rhe-

Back 11

Combining form

(run) flow, secrete

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Rhag-

Back 12

Combining form

(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage

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Rhex-

Back 13

Combining form

rupture

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Rhin-

Back 14

Combining form

nose

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Scop-

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Combining form

look st, examine

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Sep-

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Combining form

(be putrid) be infected

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Ta-

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Combining form

Stretching

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Tel-

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Combining form

end, completion

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Ten-, Tenon(t)-

Back 19

Combining form

tendon

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Therap(eu)-

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Combining form

treat medically, heal

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Tom-

Back 21

Combining form

a cutting, slice, incision

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Ton-

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Combining form

(a stretching) (muscular) tone, tension

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-estasia,-ectasis

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Compund Suffix Form

dilation, enlargement

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-ectomy

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Compund Suffix Form
sugical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ

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-gen

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Compund Suffix Form

substance that produces (somehting)

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-genesis

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Compund Suffix Form

formation, origin

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-genic

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Compund Suffix Form

causing, producing, caused

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-gram

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Compund Suffix Form

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

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-graph

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Compund Suffix Form

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

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-graphy

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Compund Suffix Form
(1) the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)
(2)a descriptiv treatise (on a subject)

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-lysis

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Compound Suffix Form

dissolution, reduction, decoposition, disintegration

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-lytic

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Compound Suffix Form

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

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-pathy

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Compound Suffix Form

disease

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-ptosis

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Compound Suffix Form

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

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-rrhagia

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Compound Suffix Form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

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-rrhea

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Compound Suffix Form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

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-rrhexis

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Compound Suffix Form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

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-scope

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Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for examining

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-scopy

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Compound Suffix Form

examination

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-tome

Back 40

Compound Suffix Form

a surgical instrument for cutting

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-tomy

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Compound Suffix Form

sugical incision