Medical Vocabulary - Lesson 4

Front 1

Aut-

Back 1

Combining Form

self

Front 2

Crin-

Back 2

Combining Form

(separate) secrete, secretion

Front 3

Esthene(s)-

Back 3

Combining Form

sensation, sensitivity, sense

Front 4

gen(e)-, -gen

Back 4

Combining Form

come into being; produce

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gram-

Back 5

Combining Form

(something written) a record

Front 6

graph-

Back 6

Combining Form

write, record

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iatr-

Back 7

Combining Form

healer, physician; treatment

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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

movement, motion

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ly(s)-

Back 11

Combining Form

destroy; break down

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myx-

Back 12

Combining Form

mucus

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orth-

Back 13

Combining Form

straight, erect; normal

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ot-

Back 14

Combining Form

ear

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path-

Back 15

Combining Form

(suffering) disease

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phil-

Back 16

Combining Form

love; have an affinity for

Front 17

pt-

Back 17

Combining Form

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

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pyr-

Back 18

Combining Form

(fire) fever, burning

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pyret-

Back 19

Combining Form

fever

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pyrex-

Back 20

Combining Form

be feverish

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rhe-

Back 21

Combining Form

(run) flow; secrete

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rhag-

Back 22

Combining Form

(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage

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rhex-

Back 23

Combining Form

rupture

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rhin-

Back 24

Combining Form

nose

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scop-

Back 25

Combining Form

look at, examine

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sep-

Back 26

Combining Form

(be putrid) be infected

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ta-

Back 27

Combining Form

stretching

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tel-

Back 28

Combining Form

end, completion

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ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 29

Combining Form

tendon

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therap(eu)-

Back 30

Combining Form

treat medically, heal

Front 31

tom-

Back 31

Combining Form

a cutting, slice, incision

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ton-

Back 32

Combining Form

(a stretching) (muscular) tone, tension

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-ectasia, -ectasis, -ectomy

Back 33

Compound Suffix Forms

dilation, enlargement surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ

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-gen

Back 34

Compound Suffix Forms

substance that produces (something)

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-genesis

Back 35

Compound Suffix Forms

formation, origin

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-genic

Back 36

Compound Suffix Forms

causing, producing, caused

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-genous

Back 37

Compound Suffix Forms

by, produced by or in

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-gram

Back 38

Compound Suffix Forms

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

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-graph

Back 39

Compound Suffix Forms

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

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-graphy

Back 40

Compound Suffix Forms

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

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-lysis

Back 41

Compound Suffix Forms

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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-lytic

Back 42

Compound Suffix Forms

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

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-pathy

Back 43

Compound Suffix Forms

disease

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-ptosis

Back 44

Compound Suffix Forms

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

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-rrhagia

Back 45

Compound Suffix Forms

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

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-rrhea

Back 46

Compound Suffix Forms

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

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-rrhexis

Back 47

Compound Suffix Forms

bursting (of tissues), rupture

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-scope

Back 48

Compound Suffix Forms

an instrument for examination

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-scopy

Back 49

Compound Suffix Forms

examination

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-tome

Back 50

Compound Suffix Forms

a surgical instrument for cutting

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-tomy

Back 51

Compound Suffix Forms

surgical incision