3. Suffixes Flashcards
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
Q
adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding fetus in uterus)
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
10
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
11
Q
bi/o
A
life
12
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
14
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
15
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
16
Q
chem/o
A
drug, chemical
17
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
18
Q
chron/o
A
time
19
Q
col/o
A
colon, large intestine
20
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
21
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
22
Q
erythr/o
A
red
23
Q
hem/o
A
blood
24
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
25
hydr/o
water, fluid
26
inguin/o
groin
27
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
28
laryng/o
larynx
29
leuk/o
white
30
lymph/o
lymph
| Clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained within the lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels
31
mamm/o
breast
32
mast/o
breast
33
morph/o
shape, form
34
muc/o
mucus
35
my/o
muscle
36
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
37
necr/o
death
38
nephr/o
kidney
39
neur/o
nerve
40
neutr/o
neutrophil which is a type of white blood cell
41
nucle/o
nucleus
42
ophthalm/o
eye
43
oste/o
bone
44
ot/o
ear
45
path/o
disease
46
peritone/o
peritoneum (abdomen)
47
phag/o
to eat or swallow
48
phleb/o
vein
49
pleur/o
pleura, membrane surrounding lungs
50
pneumon/o
lungs
51
pulmon/o
lungs
52
rad/i
xray
53
rect/o
rectum
54
ren/o
kidney
55
rhin/o
nose
56
sarc/o
flesh
57
splen/o
spleen
58
staphyl/o
clusters
59
strept/o
twisted chains
60
thorac/o
chest
61
tonsill/o
tonsils
62
trache/o
windpipe or trachea
63
ven/o
vein
64
-algia
pain
65
-cele
hernia
66
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
67
-coccus (-cocci)
berry shaped bacterium
68
-cyte
cell
69
-dynia
pain
70
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
71
-emia
blood condition
72
-genesis
condition of producing or forming
73
-gram
record
74
-graph
instrument for recording
75
-graphy
process of recording
76
-itis
inflammation
77
-logy
study of
78
-lysis
breakdown, destruction
79
-malacia
softening
80
-megaly
enlargement
81
-oma
tumour, mass, collection of fluid
82
-opsy
to view
83
-osis
abnormal condition
84
-pathy
disease condition
85
-penia
deficiency
86
-phobia
fear
87
-plasia
development, formation, growth
88
-plasty
surgical repair
89
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
90
-rhea
flow, discharge
91
-sclerosis
hardening
92
-scope
instrument for visual examination
93
-scopy
process of visual examination
94
-stasis
controlling or stopping
95
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
96
-therapy
treatment
97
-tomy
incision, cutting into
98
-trophy
development, nourishment
99
-er
one who
100
-ia
condition
101
-ist
specialist
102
-oid
resembling, derived from
103
-ole, -ule
little, small
104
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
105
-us
structure, substance
106
-al
pertaining to
107
-ar
pertaining to
108
-ary
pertaining to
109
-eal
pertaining to
110
-genic
produced by,
| pertaining to producing,
111
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
112
-ose
pertaining to, full of
113
-ous
pertaining to
114
-tic
pertaining to
