Medical Vocabulary Lesson 4 From Medical Terminology

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AUT-

Back 1

combining form

self

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CRIN-

Back 2

combining form

[seperate] secrete, secretion

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ESTHE(S)

Back 3

combining form

sensation, sensitivity, sense

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GEN(E)-, -GEN

Back 4

combining form

come into being; produce

Front 5

GRAM-

Back 5

combining form

[something written] a record

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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

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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

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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

Back 33

compound suffix form

dilation, enlargement

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-ectomy

Back 34

compound suffix form

surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) 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, origin

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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 xray)

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-graph

Back 40

compound suffix form

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

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-graphy

Back 41

compound suffix form

1.an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

2. a descriptive treatise, dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

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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 or decomposition, disintegration (adj form of words ending in -lysis)

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-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)

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-rrhagia

Back 46

compound suffix form

profuse discharge, hemorrage

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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