Reynolds Lesson 4 Med Vocab

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

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

be feverish

Front 21

rhe-

Back 21

combining form
[run] flow, secrete

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

combining form
[burnt 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

[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

tendon

Front 30

therap(eu)-

Back 30

treat medically, heal

Front 31

rhe-

Back 31

combining form
[run] flow, secrete

Front 32

rhag-

Back 32

combining form
[burnt forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 33

rhex-

Back 33

combining form
rupture

Front 34

rhin-

Back 34

combining form
nose

Front 35

scop-

Back 35

combining form
look at, examine

Front 36

sep-

Back 36

[be putrid] be infected

Front 37

ta-

Back 37

combining form
stretching

Front 38

tel-

Back 38

combining form
end, completion

Front 39

ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 39

tendon

Front 40

therap(eu)-

Back 40

treat medically, heal

Front 41

tom-

Back 41

combining form
a cutting, slice, incision

Front 42

ton-

Back 42

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

Front 43

-ectasia, -ectasis,

Back 43

compound suffix form
dilation, enlargement

Front 44

-gen

Back 44

compound suffix form
substance that produces (something)

Front 45

-genesis

Back 45

compound suffix form
formation, origin

Front 46

-genic

Back 46

compound suffix form
causing, producing, caused

Front 47

-genous

Back 47

compound suffix form
by, produced by or in

Front 48

-gram

Back 48

compound suffix form
a record of the activity of an organ (often an xray)

Front 49

-graph

Back 49

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

Front 50

-graphy

Back 50

compound suffix form
(1) the recording of the activity of an organ (2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 51

-lysis

Back 51

compound suffix form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 52

-lytic

Back 52

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

Front 53

-pathy

Back 53

compound suffix form
disease

Front 54

-ptosis

Back 54

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

Front 55

-rrhagia

Back 55

compound suffix form
profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 56

-rrhea

Back 56

compound suffix form
profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 57

-rrhexis

Back 57

compound suffix form
bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 58

-scope

Back 58

compound suffix form
an instrument for examining

Front 59

-scopy

Back 59

compound suffix form
examination

Front 60

- tome

Back 60

compound suffix form
a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 61

-tomy

Back 61

compound suffix form
surgical incision

Front 62

- ectomy

Back 62

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