Medical Vocabulary Lesson Four Flashcards

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 write, record

Front 6

iatr-

Back 6

combining form healer, physician; treatment

Front 7

idi-

Back 7

combining form of one's self

Front 8

kine-

Back 8

combining form move

Front 9

kines(i)-

Back 9

combining form movement, motion

Front 10

ly(s)-

Back 10

combining form destroy, break down

Front 11

nyx-

Back 11

combining form mucus

Front 12

orth-

Back 12

combining form straight, erect; normal

Front 13

ot-

Back 13

combining form ear

Front 14

path-

Back 14

combining form (suffering) disease

Front 15

phil-

Back 15

combining form love; have an affinity for

Front 16

pt-

Back 16

combining form fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 17

pyr-

Back 17

combining form (fire) fever, burning

Front 18

pyret-

Back 18

combining form fever

Front 19

pyrex-

Back 19

combining form to be feverish

Front 20

rhe-

Back 20

combining form rupture

Front 21

rhin-

Back 21

combining form nose

Front 22

scop-

Back 22

combining form look at, examine

Front 23

sep-

Back 23

combining form (be putrid) be infected

Front 24

ta-

Back 24

combining form stretching

Front 25

tel-

Back 25

combining form end completion

Front 26

ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 26

combining form tendon

Front 27

therap(eu)-

Back 27

combining form treat medically, heal

Front 28

tom-

Back 28

combining form a cutting, slice, incision

Front 29

ton-

Back 29

combining form (a stretching) (muscular) tone, tension

Front 30

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 30

compound suffix form dilation, enlargement

Front 31

-ectomy

Back 31

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

Front 32

-gen

Back 32

compound suffix form substance that produces (something)

Front 33

-genesis

Back 33

compound suffix form formation, origin

Front 34

-genic, -genous

Back 34

compound suffix form causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

Front 35

-gram

Back 35

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

Front 36

-graph

Back 36

compound suffix form an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 37

-graphy

Back 37

compound suffix form 1. the recording of the activity of an organ(usually by x-ray examination) 2. a dexcriptive treatise (on a subject) dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 38

-lytic

Back 38

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

Front 39

-pathy

Back 39

compound suffix form disease

Front 40

-ptosis

Back 40

compound suffix form dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

Front 41

-rrhagia

Back 41

compound suffix form profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 42

-rrhexis

Back 42

compound suffix form profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 43

-scope

Back 43

compound suffix form bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 44

-scopy

Back 44

compound suffix form examination

Front 45

-tome

Back 45

compound suffix form a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 46

-tomy

Back 46

compound suffix form surgical incision