Medical Vocab, Ch. 4
Terms
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- aut-
- combining form; self
- crin-
- combining form; [separate] secrete, secretion
- esthe(s)-
- combining form; sensation, sensitivity, sense
- gen(e)-, -gen
- combining form; come into being, produce
- gram-
- combining form; [something written] a record
- graph-
- combining form; write, record
- iatr-
- combining form; healer, physician, treatment
- idi-
- combining form; of one's self
- kine-
- combining form; move
- kines(i)-
- combining form; movement, motion
- ly(s)-
- combining form; destroy, break down
- myx-
- combining form; mucus
- orth-
- combining form; straight, erect, normal
- ot-
- combining form; ear
- path-
- combining form; [suffering] disease
- phil-
- combining form; love, have an affinity for
- pt-
- combining form; fall, sag, drop, prolapse
- pyr-
- combining form; [fire] fever, burning
- pyret-
- combining form; fever
- pyrex-
- combining form; be feverish
- rhe-
- combining form; [run] flow, secrete
- rhag-
- combining form; [burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage
- rhex-
- combining form; rupture
- rhin-
- combining form; nose
- scop-
- combining form; look at, examine
- sep-
- combining form; [be putrid] be infected
- ta-
- combining form; stretching
- tel-
- combining form; end, completion
- ten-, tenon(t)-
- combining form; tendon
- therap(eu)-
- combining form; treat medically, heal
- tom-
- combining form; a cutting, slice, incision
- ton-
- combining form; [a stretching](muscular) tone, tension
- -ectasia, -ectasis
- compound suffix form; dilation, enlargement
- -ectomy
- compound suffix form; surgical excision, removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ
- -gen
- compound suffix form; substance that produces (something)
- -genesis
- compound suffix form; formation, origin
- -genic
- compound suffix form; causing, producing, caused
- -genous
- compound suffix form; by, produced by or in
- -gram
- compound suffix form; a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)
- -graph
- compound suffix form; an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
- -graphy
- compound suffix form; (1) the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination), (2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject)
- -lysis
- compound suffix form; dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
- -lytic
- compound suffix form; pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)
- -pathy
- compound suffix form; disease
- -ptosis
- compound suffix form; dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
- -rrhagia
- compound suffix form; profuse discharge, hemorrhage
- -rrhea
- compound suffix form; profuse discharge, excessive secretion
- -rrhexis
- compound suffix form; bursting (of tissues), rupture
- -scope
- compound suffix form; an instrument for examining
- -scopy
- compound suffix form; examination
- -tome
- compound suffix form; a surgical instrument for cutting
- -tomy
- compound suffix form; surgical incision