Walker-Esbaugh Med Vocab Chapter 4

Front 1

Aut-

Back 1

Combining form
self

Front 2

Crin-

Back 2

Combining form
[separate] secrete, sense

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
surgical 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

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 (often an xray)

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 (usually xray)
(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 adjective 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 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