Week 4 Flashcards

Front 1

Aut-

Back 1

Combining form

self

Front 2

Crin-

Back 2

Combining form

(seperate) secrete, secretion

Front 3

Esthe(s)-

Back 3

Combining form

sensation, sensitivity, sense

Front 4

Gene(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, 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

(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 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 the 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 (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)

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 of 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