Walker-Esbaugh Med Vocab Lesson 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, senstivity, 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, breakdown

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 INCISION; REMOVAL OF ALL OR PART OF AN ORGAN

Front 35

GENESIS

Back 35

COMPOUND-SUFFIX FORM
FORMATION, ORIGIN

Front 36

-GENIC

Back 36

COMPOUND-SUFFIX FORM
CAUSING, PRODUCING, CAUSED

Front 37

-GENOUS

Back 37

COMPOUND-SUFFIX FORM
BY, PRODUCED BY OR IN

Front 38

-GRAPHY

Back 38

COMPOUND-SUFFIX FORM
THE RECORDING OF THE ACTIVITY OF AN ORGAN (USUALLY BY AN XRAY MACHINE) (2) A DESCRIPTIVE TREATISE (ON A SUBJECT) DISSOLUTION, REDUCTION, DECOMPOSITION, DISINTEGRATION

Front 39

-GRAM*

Back 39

COMPOUND-SUFFIX FORM
A RECORD OF THE ACTIVITY OF AN ORGAN (OFTEN AN XRAY)
* TECHNICALLY NOT COMPOUND-SUFFIX

Front 40

-GRAPH*

Back 40

COMBINING FORM
AN INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING THE ACTIVITY OF AN ORGAN
* TEHCNICALLY NOT COMPOUND-SUFFIX

Front 41

-LYSIS

Back 41

COMPOUND-SUFFIX FORM
DISSOLUTION, REDUCTION, DECOMPOSITION, DISENTEGRATION

Front 42

-LYTIC

Back 42

COMPOUND-SUFFIX FORM
PERTAINING TO DISSOLUTION OR DECOMPOSTION, DISENTEGRATION (FORMS ADJECTIVES FROM WORDS ENDING IS -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 TISSUES), RUPTURE

Front 48

-SCOPE

Back 48

COMPOUND-SUFFIX FORM
AN INSTRUMENT FOR EXAMINING

Front 49

-TOME

Back 49

COMPOUND-SUFFIX FORM
A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR CUTTING

Front 50

-TOMY

Back 50

COMPOUND-SUFFIX FORM
SURGICAL INCISION

Front 51

-GEN*

Back 51

COMPOUND-SUFFIX FORM
substance that produces(something)
* TECHNICALLY NOT COMPOUND-SUFFIX