Walker-Esbaugh Med Vocab Chapter 4 Flash Cards

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

self
combining form

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

secrete, secretion
combining form

Front 3

esthe(s)-

Back 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense
combining form

Front 4

gen(e)-, -gen

Back 4

come into being; produce
combining form

Front 5

gram-

Back 5

something written, a record
combining form

Front 6

graph-

Back 6

write, record
combining form

Front 7

iatr-

Back 7

healer, physician; treatment
combining form

Front 8

idi-

Back 8

of one's self
combining form

Front 9

kine-

Back 9

move
combining form

Front 10

kines(i)-

Back 10

movement, motion
combining form

Front 11

ly(s)-

Back 11

destroy, break down
combining form

Front 12

myx-

Back 12

mucus
combining form

Front 13

orth-

Back 13

straight, erect; normal
combining form

Front 14

ot-

Back 14

ear
combining form

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path-

Back 15

suffering, disease
combining form

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phil-

Back 16

love; have an affinity for
combining form

Front 17

pt-

Back 17

fall, sag, drop, prolapse
combining form

Front 18

pyr-

Back 18

fever, burning
combining form

Front 19

pyret-

Back 19

fever
combining form

Front 20

pyrex-

Back 20

be feverish
combining form

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rhe-

Back 21

flow, secrete
combining form

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rhag-

Back 22

flow profusely, hemorrhage
combining form

Front 23

rhex-

Back 23

rupture
combining form

Front 24

rhin-

Back 24

nose
combining form

Front 25

scop-

Back 25

look at, examine
combining form

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sep-

Back 26

be infected
combining form

Front 27

ta-

Back 27

stretching
combining form

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tel-

Back 28

end, completion
combining form

Front 29

ten-, tenon(t)-

Back 29

tendon
combining form

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therap(eu)-

Back 30

treat medically, heal
combining form

Front 31

tom-

Back 31

a cutting, slice, incision
combining form

Front 32

ton-

Back 32

muscular tone, tension
combining form

Front 33

-ectasia, -ectasis

Back 33

dilation, enlargement
compound suffix form

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

surgical excision, removal of all or part of an organ
compound suffix form

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-gen

Back 35

substance that produces something
compound suffix form

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-genesis

Back 36

formation, origin
compound suffix form

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-genic, -genous

Back 37

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

Front 38

-gram

Back 38

a record of the activity of an organ
compound suffix form

Front 39

-graph

Back 39

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

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-graphy

Back 40

1. the recording of the activity of an organ 2. a descriptive treatise
compound suffix form

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-lysis

Back 41

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
compound suffix form

Front 42

-lytic

Back 42

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition disintegration
adjective compound suffix form

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-pathy

Back 43

disease
compound suffix form

Front 44

-ptosis

Back 44

dropping, sagging, prolapse
compound suffix form

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-rrhagia

Back 45

profuse discharge, hemorrhage
compound suffix form

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-rrhea

Back 46

profuse discharge, excessive secretion
compound suffix form

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-rrhexis

Back 47

bursting, rupture
compound suffix form

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-scope

Back 48

an instrument for examining
compound suffix form

Front 49

-scopy

Back 49

examination
compound suffix form

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-tome

Back 50

a surgical instrument for cutting
compound suffix form

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-tomy

Back 51

surgical incision
compound suffix form