Samantha Sims Med Vocab Chapter 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

combining form
self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

combining form
[seperate]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
surgial 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,-genous

Back 37

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

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

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

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

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

Front 40

-graphy

Back 40

compoung suffix form
the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination),a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 41

-lysis

Back 41

compound suffix form
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

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

Front 43

-pathy

Back 43

compound suffix form
disease

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

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

Front 45

-rrhagia

Back 45

compound suffix form
profuse,discharge,hemorrhage

Front 46

-rrhea

Back 46

compound suffix form
profuse discharge,excessive secretion

Front 47

-rrhexis

Back 47

compound suffix form
bursting (of tissue), rupture

Front 48

-scope

Back 48

compound suffix form
an instrument for examining

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

compound suffix form
examination

Front 50

-tome

Back 50

compound suffix form
a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 51

-tomy

Back 51

compound suffix form
surgical incision