3. Suffixes Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding fetus in uterus)
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
axill/o
armpit
bi/o
life
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchial tubes
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
chem/o
drug, chemical
chondr/o
cartilage
chron/o
time
col/o
colon, large intestine
cyst/o
urinary bladder
encephal/o
brain
erythr/o
red
hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hydr/o
water, fluid
inguin/o
groin
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
laryng/o
larynx
leuk/o
white
lymph/o
lymph
Clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained within the lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
morph/o
shape, form
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
necr/o
death
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
neutr/o
neutrophil which is a type of white blood cell
nucle/o
nucleus
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
path/o
disease
peritone/o
peritoneum (abdomen)
phag/o
to eat or swallow
phleb/o
vein
pleur/o
pleura, membrane surrounding lungs
pneumon/o
lungs
pulmon/o
lungs
rad/i
xray
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
thorac/o
chest
tonsill/o
tonsils
trache/o
windpipe or trachea
ven/o
vein
-algia
pain
-cele
hernia
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
-coccus (-cocci)
berry shaped bacterium
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
-emia
blood condition
-genesis
condition of producing or forming
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown, destruction
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumour, mass, collection of fluid
-opsy
to view
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease condition
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
-rhea
flow, discharge
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
process of visual examination
-stasis
controlling or stopping
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
incision, cutting into
-trophy
development, nourishment
-er
one who
-ia
condition
-ist
specialist
-oid
resembling, derived from
-ole, -ule
little, small
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
-us
structure, substance
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-genic
produced by,
pertaining to producing,
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
-ose
pertaining to, full of
-ous
pertaining to
-tic
pertaining to