Chapter 4

Question 1

aut-

Answer 1

self

Question 2

crin-

Answer 2

secrete, secretion

Question 3

esthe(s)

Answer 3

sensation, sensitivity, sense

Question 4

gen(e)-, -gen

Answer 4

come into being; produce

Question 5

gram-

Answer 5

something written, a record

Question 6

graph-

Answer 6

write, record

Question 7

iatr-

Answer 7

healer, physician, treatment

Question 8

ini-

Answer 8

of one’s self

Question 9

kine-

Answer 9

move

Question 10

kines(i)

Answer 10

movement, motion

Question 11

ly(s)

Answer 11

destroy, break down

Question 12

myx-

Answer 12

mucus

Question 13

orth-

Answer 13

straight, erect; normal

Question 14

ot-

Answer 14

ear

Question 15

path-

Answer 15

suffering, disease

Question 16

phil-

Answer 16

love, have an affinity for

Question 17

pt-

Answer 17

fall, sag, drop, prolapse

Question 18

pyr-

Answer 18

fire, fever, burning

Question 19

pyret-

Answer 19

fever

Question 20

pyrex

Answer 20

feverish

Question 21

rhe-

Answer 21

(run) flow, secrete

Question 22

rhag-

Answer 22

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage

Question 23

rhex-

Answer 23

rupture

Question 24

rhin-

Answer 24

nose

Question 25

scop-

Answer 25

to look at, examine

Question 26

sep-

Answer 26

[be putrid] be infected

Question 27

ta-

Answer 27

stretching

Question 28

tel-

Answer 28

end, completion

Question 29

ten-, tenon(t)

Answer 29

tendon

Question 30

therap(eu)

Answer 30

treat medically, heal

Question 31

tom-

Answer 31

a cutting, slice, incision

Question 32

ton-

Answer 32

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

Question 33

-estasia; -ectasis; -ectomy

Answer 33

dilation; enlargement; surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

Question 34

-gen

Answer 34

substance that produces (something); formation; origin

Question 35

-genesis

Answer 35

causing; producing; caused

Question 36

-genic

Answer 36

causing, producing, caused

Question 37

-genous

Answer 37

by, produced by or in

Question 38

-gram

Answer 38

a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

Question 39

-graph

Answer 39

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

Question 40

-graphy

Answer 40

1. the recording of the activity of an organ;

2. a descriptive treatise (on a subject) dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

Question 41

-lytic

Answer 41

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

Question 42

-pathy

Answer 42

disease

Question 43

-ptosis

Answer 43

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

Question 44

-rrhagia

Answer 44

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

Question 45

-rrhea

Answer 45

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

Question 46

-rrehexis

Answer 46

bursting (of tissues), rupture

Question 47

-scope

Answer 47

an instrument for examining

Question 48

-scopy

Answer 48

examination

Question 49

-tome

Answer 49

a surgical instrument for cutting

Question 50

-tomy

Answer 50

surgical incision