Lesson 4: Greek Verbs

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

rhex-

combining form

hemorrhage 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, -genous

compound suffix form

causing, producing, caused 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