Classics 250 - Lesson 4 Combining Forms

AUT-

self

ESTHE(S)-

sensation, sensitivity, sense

GEN(E)-

-GEN

Come into being; produce

GRAM-

(something written) a record

GRAPH-

write, record

IATR-

healer; physician; treatment

IDI-

of one’s self

KINE-

move

KINES(I)-

movement, motion

LY(S)-

destroy, break down

ORTH-

straight, erect; normal

OT-

ear

PATH-

(suffering) disease

PHIL-

love; have an affinity for

PT-

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

PYR-

(fire), fever, burning

PYRET-

fever

PYREX-

be feverish

RHAG-

(burst forth), flower profusely

RHE-

(fun) flow, secrete

RHEX-

hemorrhage, rupture

RHIN-

nose

SCOP-

look at, examine

SEP-

(be putrid); be infected

TEL-

end, completion

TEN-

TENON(T)-

tendon

THREAP(EU)

treat medically; heal

TOM-

a cutting slice, incision

TON-

(a stretching) (muscular) tore, tension