Medical Vocabulary Lesson 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

combining form self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

combining form (separate) secrete, secretion

Front 3

esthe(s)-

Back 3

combining form sensation, sensitivity, sense

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Front 4

gene-, gen-

Back 4

combining form came into being, produce

Front 5

gram-

Back 5

combining form (somethingwritten) a record

Front 6

graph-

Back 6

combining form write, record

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iatr-

Back 7

combining form healer, physisian; treatment

Front 8

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, breakdown

Front 12

myx-

Back 12

combining form mucus

Front 13

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

Front 19

pyret-

Back 19

combining form fever

Front 20

pyrex-

Back 20

combining form be feverish

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rhe-

Back 21

combining form (run) flow, secrete

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

combining form (burst forth) flow profusely, hemmorrhage

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rhex-

Back 23

combining form rupture

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rhin-

Back 24

combining form nose

Front 25

scop-

Back 25

combining form loot 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

Front 29

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

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 excision; remaoval of all (total excision) or part (partial excition) of an organ

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-gen*

Back 35

compound suffix form substance that produces (something)

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-genesis

Back 36

compound suffix form formation, orgin

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-genic

Back 37

compound suffix form causing, producing, caused

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-genous

Back 38

compound suffix form by, produced by or in

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-gram

Back 39

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

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-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 (usually by x-ray examination)

(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

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-lysis

Back 42

compound suffix form dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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-lytic

Back 43

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

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

compound suffix form disease

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-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

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-rrhea

Back 47

compound suffix form profuse discharge, excessive secretion

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-rrhexis

Back 48

compound suffix form bursting (of tissues), rupture

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-scope

Back 49

compound suffix form an instrument for examining

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-scopy

Back 50

compound suffix form examination

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-tome

Back 51

compound suffix form a surgical instrument for cutting

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-tomy

Back 52

compound suffix form surgical incision