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, 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, 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, hemmorhage

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 x-ray)

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 an activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)

2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

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

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