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)