Walker-Esbaugh Med Vocab Chapter 4

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)-

Back 4

Combining Form

come into being; produce

Front 5

-gen

Back 5

Combining Form

come into being; produce

Front 6

gram-

Back 6

Combining Form

[something written] a record

Front 7

graph-

Back 7

Combining Form

write, record

Front 8

iatr-

Back 8

Combining Form

healer, physician; treatment

Front 9

idi-

Back 9

Combining Form

of one's self

Front 10

kine-

Back 10

Combining Form

move

Front 11

kines(i)-

Back 11

Combining Form

movement, motion

Front 12

ly(s)-

Back 12

Combining Form

destroy, break down

Front 13

myx-

Back 13

Combining Form

mucus

Front 14

orth-

Back 14

Combining Form

straight, erect; normal

Front 15

ot-

Back 15

Combining Form

ear

Front 16

path-

Back 16

Combining Form

[suffering] disease

Front 17

phil-

Back 17

Combining Form

love; have an affinity for

Front 18

pt-

Back 18

Combining Form

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Front 19

pyr-

Back 19

Combining Form

[fire] fever, burning

Front 20

pyret-

Back 20

Combining Form

fever

Front 21

pyrex-

Back 21

Combining Form

be feverish

Front 22

rhe-

Back 22

Combining Form

[run] flow, secrete

Front 23

rhag-

Back 23

Combining Form

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

Front 24

rhex-

Back 24

Combining Form

rupture

Front 25

rhin-

Back 25

Combining Form

nose

Front 26

scop-

Back 26

Combining Form

look at, examine

Front 27

sep-

Back 27

Combining Form

[be putrid] be infected

Front 28

ta-

Back 28

Combining Form

stretching

Front 29

tel-

Back 29

Combining Form

end, completion

Front 30

ten-

Back 30

Combining Form

tendon

Front 31

tenon(t)-

Back 31

Combining Form

tendon

Front 32

therap(eu)-

Back 32

Combining Form

treat medically, heal

Front 33

tom-

Back 33

Combining Form

a cutting, slice, incision

Front 34

ton-

Back 34

Combining Form

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

Front 35

-ectasia

Back 35

Compound suffix form

dilation, enlargement

Front 36

-ectasis

Back 36

Compound suffix form

dilation, enlargement

Front 37

-ectomy

Back 37

Compound suffix form

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

Front 38

-gen

Back 38

Compound suffix form

substance that produces (something)

Front 39

-genesis

Back 39

Compound suffix form

formation, origin

Front 40

-genic

Back 40

Compound suffix form

causing, producing, caused

Front 41

-genous

Back 41

Compound suffix form

by, produced by or in

Front 42

-gram

Back 42

Compound suffix form

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

Front 43

-graph

Back 43

Compound suffix form

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 44

-graphy

Back 44

Compound suffix form

1. the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)

2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

Front 45

-lysis

Back 45

Compound suffix form

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 46

-lytic

Back 46

Compound suffix form

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

Front 47

-pathy

Back 47

Compound suffix form

disease

Front 48

-ptosis

Back 48

Compound suffix form

dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

Front 49

-rrhagia

Back 49

Compound suffix form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 50

-rrhea

Back 50

Compound suffix form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 51

-rrhexis

Back 51

Compound suffix form

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 52

-scope

Back 52

Compound suffix form

an instrument for examining

Front 53

-scopy

Back 53

Compound suffix form

examination

Front 54

-tome

Back 54

Compound suffix form

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 55

-tomy

Back 55

Compound suffix form

surgical incision