Lesson 4: Greek Verbs

Combining Forms and Compound Suffix Forms from Lesson 4

Autos/ AUT-

Self

Krinein/ CRIN-

Secrete, secretion

Aisthēsis/ ESTHE(S)-

Sensation, sensitivity, sense

Gignesthai/ GEN(E)-, -GEN

Come into being; produce

Gramma/GRAM-

A record

Graphein/GRAPH-

Writer, record

Iatros/ IATR-

Healer, physician; treatment

Idios/IDI-

Of one's self

Kinein/KINE-

Move

Kinēsis/KINES(I)-

Movement, motion

Lyein/LY(S)-

Destroy, break down

Myxa/MYX-

Mucus

Orthos/ORTHO-

Straight, erect; normal

Ous, Ōtos/ OT-

Ear

Pathos/ PATH-

Disease

Philein/ PHIL-

Have an affinity for (love)

Piptein/ PT-

Fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Pyr, Pyros/ PYR-

Fire, burning

Pyretos/ PYRET-

Fever

Pyressein/ PYREX-

Be feverish

Rhein/RHE-

Flow, secrete

Rhēgnynai/ RHAG-

Flow profusely, hemorrhage, burst forth

Rhēxis/ RHEX-

Rupture

Rhis, Rhīnos/ RHIN-

Nose

Skopein/ SCOP-

Look at, examine

Sēpein/ SEP-

Be infected

Tasis/ TA-

Stretching

Telos/ TEL-

End, completion

Tenōn, tenontos/ TEN-, TENON(T)-

Tendon

Therapeuin/ THERAP(EU)

Treat medically, heal

Tomē/ TOM-

A cutting, slice, incision

Tonos/ TON-

(A stretching) Muscular tone, tension

-ectasia, -ectasis

Dilation, enlargement

-ectomy

Surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

-gen

Substance that produces something (formation)

-genesis

Origin causing

-genic

Producing, caused by

-geneous

Produced by or in

-gram

Produced by or in a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

-graph

An instrument for recording the activity of an organ

-graphy

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

-lysis

Dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

-lytic

Pertaining to dissolution or decomposition (forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis)

-pathy

Disease

-ptosis

Dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)

-rrhagia

Rupture, profuse discharge

-rrhea

Profuse discharge, excessive secretion

-rrhexis

Bursting (of tissues), rupture

-scope

An instrument for examining

-scopy

Examinantion

-tome

A surgical instrument for cutting

-tomy

Surgical incision