Medical Vocabulary - Lesson 4 Flash Cards

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] burning, fever

Front 19

pyret-

Back 19

combining form
fever

Front 20

pyrex-

Back 20

combining form
to 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 purtid] 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 or part 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

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-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

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
2. a descriptive treatise

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 a part)

Front 46

-rrhagia

Back 46

compound suffix form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

-rrhea

Back 47

compound suffix form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

compound suffix form
bursting (of tissues) 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

Front 53

tetanus

Back 53

often called lockjaw
muscles become fixed in a rigid position

Front 54

opisthotonos

Back 54

when the body is stretched backward in a tetanic spasm

Front 55

emprosthotonos

Back 55

when the body is forward backward in a tetanic spasm

Front 56

pleurothotonos

Back 56

when the body is stretched toward the side in a tetanic spasm

Front 57

orthotonos

Back 57

body is held rigidly stretched in a straight line during a tetanic spasm

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idiopathy

Back 58

ailment having a local origin

Front 59

idiopathic

Back 59

a disease without a recognizable cause

Front 60

parotid gland

Back 60

gland that supplies saliva to the mouth

Front 61

parotitis

Back 61

inflammation of the parotid gland

Front 62

rheum

Back 62

watery discharge

Front 63

rheumatism

Back 63

flowing of humors in the body

Front 64

ptomaine

Back 64

generic name for certain alkaloid bodies found in decaying animal and vegetable matter

Front 65

capillary

Back 65

from the latin word capillaris, pertaining to hair

Front 66

telangiosis

Back 66

any disease of the capillaries

Front 67

telangioma

Back 67

tumor made up of dilated capillaries