Walker-Esbaugh Medical Vocab Chapter 4

Front 1

aut-

Back 1

combining form:

self

Front 2

crin-

Back 2

combining form:

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:

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:

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:

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:

flow, secrete

Front 22

rhag-

Back 22

combining form:

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 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:

(muscular) tone, tension

Front 33

ectasia, -ectasis

Back 33

suffix form:

dilation, enlargement

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

suffix form:

surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

Front 35

-gen

Back 35

suffix form:

substance that produces something

Front 36

-genesis

Back 36

suffix form:

formation, origin

Front 37

-genic

Back 37

suffix form:

causing, producing, caused

Front 38

-genous

Back 38

suffix form:

by, produced by or in

Front 39

-gram

Back 39

suffix form:

a record of the activity of an organ

Front 40

-graph

Back 40

suffix form:

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Front 41

-graphy

Back 41

suffix form:

1. the recording of the activity of an organ

2. a descriptive treatise

Front 42

-lysis

Back 42

suffix form:

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Front 43

-lytic

Back 43

suffix form:

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

Front 44

-pathy

Back 44

suffix form:

disease

Front 45

-ptosis

Back 45

suffix form:

dropping, sagging, prolapse

Front 46

-rrhagia

Back 46

suffix form:

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Front 47

-rrhea

Back 47

suffix form:

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Front 48

-rrhexis

Back 48

suffix form:

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Front 49

-scope

Back 49

suffix form:

an instrument for examining

Front 50

-scopy

Back 50

suffix form:

examination

Front 51

-tome

Back 51

suffix form:

a surgical instrument for cutting

Front 52

-tomy

Back 52

suffix form:

surgical incision