Lesson 4, 5, 6, and 7 Flashcards
Aut-
Self
Crin-
Secrete, secretion
Esthe(s)-
Sensation, sensitivity, sense
Gen (E)-, -Gen
Come into being; produce
Gram-
[Something written] a 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-
[Suffering] disease
Phil-
Love; have an affinity for
Pt-
Fall, sag, drop, prolapse
Pyr-
Fever, burning
Pyret-
Fever
Pyrex-
Be feverish
Rhe-
Flow, secrete
Rhag-
Flow profusely [burst forth]
Rhex-
Hemorrhage rupture
Rhin-
Nose
Scop-
Look at, examine
Sep-
Be infected [be putrid]
Ta-
Stretching
Tel-
End, completeion
Ten-
Tendon
Tenon (t) -
Tendon
Therap (eu)-
Heal, treat medically
Tom-
Cutting, slice, incision
Ton-
[a stretching\ (muscular) tone, tension
-ectasia
Dilation, enlargement
-ectasis
Dilation, enlargement
-Gen
Sunstance tha produces (something)
-genesis
Formation, origin
-genic
Causing, producing, produced by or in
-genous
Causing, producing, cuased by, produced by or in
-gram
A record of the activity of an organ
-graph
An instrument for recording the activity of an organ
-graphy
The recoding of the activity of an organ
-lysis
Dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
-lytic
Pertaining to decomposition
-pathy
Disease
-ptosis
Dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
-rrhagia
Profuse discharge, hemorrhage
-rrhea
Profuse discharge, excessive secretion
-rrhexis
Bursting (of tissues), rupture
-scope
An instrument for examining
-scope
Examination
-tome
A surgical instrument for cutting
-tomy
Surgical incision
Acou(s)-
Hear
Acu(s)-
Hear
Amni-
Fetal membrane, amniotic sac
Asc-
Bladder, sac, bag
Ascit-
Bladder, sac, bag
Bar-
Weight, pressure
Cente-
pierce
Chrom-
Color, pigment
Chroma-
Color, pigment
Chromat-
Color pigment
Dips-
Thirst
Echo-
Reverberating sound, echo
Edema-
Swelling
Edemat-
Swelling
Eme-
Vomit
Gno(s)-
Know
Lal-
Talk
Lapar-
Abdomen, abdominal wall
Lex-
Read
Mne-
Remember
Ne-
New
No-
Mind, mental activity, comprehension
Orec-
Have an appetite
Orex-
Have an appetite
Ox(y)-
Acute, pointed; rapid; acid; oxygen
Pha-
Speak, communicate
Phag-
Swallow, eat
Pharmac(eu)-
Medicine, drug
Phem-
speech
Phob-
(abnormal) fear
Phon-
Voice, sound
Phrase-
Speak
Phren-
Mind; diaphragm
Phylac-
Protection (against disease)
Phys(i)
nature, appearance
Phyt-
PLant (organism), growth
Poie-
Produce, make
Prosop-
Face
Sapr-
Rotton, putrid, decaying
Stear-
Fat, sebum, sebaceous glands
Steat-
Fat, sebum, sebaceous glands
Andr-
Man, male
Ankyl-
fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked
Ancyl-
fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked
Aphrodis(i)
Sexual desire
Brachy-
Short
Crypt-
Hidden, latent
Dem-
People, population
Dolich-
Long, narrow, slender
Drom-
A running
Er-
Sexual desire
Erot-
Sexual desire
Gyn(ec)-
Women, female
Helmint(h)-
(intestinal) worm
Nemat-
Thread (worm)
Nos-
Disease, illness
Odont-
Tooth
Pali(n)-
Back, again
Pan(t)
All, entire, every
Phor-
Bearing, carrying
Phos-
Light, daylight
Phot-
Light, daylight
Plec-
Strike, paralyze
Pleg-
Strike, paralyze
R(h)achi
Spine
Schiz-, schist, -schisis
Split, cleft, fissure
Spondyl-
Vertebra
-staxis
Dripping, oozing (of blood)
-staxia
Dripping, oozing (of blood)
Than(at)-
Death
The-
Place, put
Trich-
Hair
Troph-
Nourishment
Aden-
Gland
Aer-
Air, gas
Blenn-
Mucus
Cel(i)-
Abdomen
Ch(e)il-
Lip
Chron-
Time, timing
Cla(s)-
Break up, destroy
-clast
break up, destroy
-Desis
Binding
Desm-
[binding] ligament, connective tissue
Dynam-
Force, power, energy
Ger-
Old age
Gnath-
(lower) jaw
Isch-
Suppress, check
-sche-
Suppress, check
Klept-
Steal
Lei-
Smooth
Lep-
Attach, seizure
Man-
Be mad
Mel-
Limb
Morph-
form, shape
Nom-
Law
Omphal-
Naval, umbilicus
Ped-
Child
Pen-
Decrease, deficiency
-pex-
Fixing, (surgical) attachment
Plast(t)
Form, develop
Presby-
Old, old age
Prostat-
prostate gland
Pty-
Spit
Ptyal-
Saliva
-rrhaph-
Suture
Sit-
food
Sta(t)-
Stand, stop
Tax-
(muscular) coordination
Therm-
Heat, (body) temperature
Trop-
Turning