Dunmore & Fleischer's Medical Terminology Lesson 4

aut-

self, alone, independent (verb)

crin-

secrete, secretion (seperation) (verb)

esthe(s)-

sensation, sensitivity, sense (verb)

gen(e)-, -gen

come into being, procedure (verb)

gram-

a record, something written, printed thing

graph-

write, record

iatr-

healer, physician; treatment

idi-

of one's self

kine-

move

kines(i)-

movement, motion

ly(s)-

destroy, breakdown

myx-

mucus

orth-

straight, erect; normal

ot-

ear

path-

disease

phil-

(lack of) love; have an affinity for

pt-

decay, fall, sag, drop, prolapse

pyr-

(fire) fever, burning

pyret-

fever

pyrex-

feverish

rhe-

(run) flow, secrete

rhag-

(burst flow) flow profusely; hemorrhage

rhex-

rupture

rhin-

nose

scop-

look at, examine

sep-

(be putrid) be infected

ta-

stretching

tel-

end, completion

ten-, tenon(t)-

tendon

therap(eu)-

treat medically, heal

tom-

a cutting, slice, incision

ton-

[stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

-ectasia, -ectasis

dilation, enlargement

-ectomy

surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

-gen

substance that produces something

-genesis

formation, origin, process of creation

-genic

causing, producing, caused (adj)

-genous

by, produced by or in

-gram

a record of the activity of an organ

-graph

an instrument for recording organ activity

-graphy

the recording of the activity of an organ

-lysis

dissolution, reduction, decomposition

-lytic

pertaining to dissolution, reduction, decomposition

-pathy

disease

-ptosis

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

-rrhagia

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

-rrhea

excessive secretion

-rrhexis

bursting of tissues, rupture

-scope

an instrument for examining

-scopy

examination

-tome

a surgical instrument for cutting

-tomy

surgical incision

atelo-

incomplete