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, -ectasis

Back 33

compound suffix form.

dilation, enlargement.

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

compound suffix form.

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

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

compound suffix form.

substance that produces (something)

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

compound suffix form.

formation, origin.

Front 37

-genic

Back 37

compound suffix form.

causing, producing, caused.

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

compound suffix form.

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 activitiy 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) dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration.

Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

compound suffix form.

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration.

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

compound suffix form.

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

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

compound suffix form.

disease.

Front 45

-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.

Front 47

-rrhea

Back 47

compound suffix form.

profuse discharge, excession secretion.

Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

compound suffix form.

bursting (of tissue), rupture.

Front 49

-scope

Back 49

compound suffix form.

an instrument for examining

Front 50

-scopy

Back 50

compound suffix form.

examination.

Front 51

-tome

Back 51

compound suffix form.

a surgical instrument for cutting.

Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

compound suffix form.

surgical incision.