CLA 115: Lesson 4

-graphy

(1) the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination) (2) a descriptive treatise (on a subject) (Compound Suffix Form)

Gen(e)-, -Gen

Come into being; produce (Combining Form)

Kine-

Move (Combining Form)

Aut-

Self (Combining Form)

Ton-

[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension

Sep-

[be putrid] be infected (Combining Form)

Rhag-

[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage (Combining Form)

Pyr-

[fire] fever, burning (Combining Form)

Rhe-

[run] flow, secrete (Combining Form)

Crin-

[separate] secrete, secretion (Combining Form)

Gram-

[something written] a record (Combining Form)

Path-

[suffering] disease (Combining Form)

Tom-

a cutting, slice, incision (Combining Form)

-gram

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

-tome

a surgical instrument for cutting (Compound Suffix Form)

-scope

an instrument for examining (Compound Suffix Form)

-graph

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ (Compound Suffix Form)

Pyrex-

be feverish (Combining Form)

-rrhexis

bursting (of tissues), rupture (Compound Suffix Form)

-genous

by, produced by or in (Compound Suffix Form)

-genic

causing, producing, caused (Compound Suffix Form)

Ly(s)-

destroy, break down (Combining Form)

-ectasia, -ectasis

dilation, enlargement (Compound Suffix Form)

-pathy

disease (Compound Suffix Form)

-lysis

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration (Compound Suffix Form)

-ptosis

dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part) (Compound Suffix Form)

Ot-

ear (Combining Form)

Tel-

end, completion (Combining Form)

-scopy

examination (Compound Suffix Form)

Pt-

fall, sag, drop, prolapse (Combining Form)

Pyret-

fever (Combining Form)

-genesis

formation, origin (Compound Suffix Form)

Iatr-

healer, physician; treatment (Combining Form)

Scop-

look at, examine (Combining Form)

Phil-

love; have an affinity for (Combining Form)

Kines(I)-

movement, motion (Combining Form)

Myx-

mucus (Combining Form)

Rhin-

nose (Combining Form)

Idi-

of one's self (Combining Form)

-lytic

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration *Forms adjectives from words ending in -lysis (Compound Suffix Form)

-rrhea

profuse discharge, excessive secretion (Compound Suffix Form)

-rrhagia*

profuse discharge, hemorrhage (Compound Suffix Form)

Rhex-

rupture (Combining Form)

Esthe(s)-

sensation, sensitivity, sense (Combining Form)

Orth-

straight, erect; normal (Combining Form)

Ta-

stretching (Combining Form)

-gen*

substance that produces (something) (Compound Suffix Form)

-ectomy

surgical excision; removal of all (total) or part (partial) of an organ

-tomy

surgical incision (Compound Suffix Form)

Ten-, Tenon(T)-

tendon (Combining Form)

Therap(eu)-

treat medically, heal (Combining Form)

Graph-

write, record (Combining Form)