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

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] fever, burning

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] be 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

Back 33

compound suffix form

dilation

Front 34

-ectasis

Back 34

compound suffix form

enlargement

Front 35

-ectomy

Back 35

compound suffix form

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

Front 36

-gen*

Back 36

compound suffix form

substance that produces (something)

Front 37

-genesis

Back 37

compound suffix form

formation, origin

Front 38

-genic, -genous

Back 38

compound suffix form

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

compound suffix form

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

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 (usually by x-ray examination)

Front 42

-grahpy

Back 42

compound suffix form

(2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 43

-lysis

Back 43

compound suffix form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 44

-lytic

Back 44

compound suffix form

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

Front 45

-pathy

Back 45

compound suffix form

disease

Front 46

-ptosis

Back 46

compound suffix form

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

Front 47

-rrhagia

Back 47

compound suffix form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 48

-rrhea

Back 48

compound suffix form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 49

-rrhexis

Back 49

compound suffix form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 50

-scope

Back 50

compound suffix form

an instrument for examining

Front 51

-scopy

Back 51

compound suffix form

examination

Front 52

-tome

Back 52

compound suffix form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 53

-tomy

Back 53

compound suffix form

surgical incision