Ch. 3 Suffixes Flashcards by deby huynh

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Acr/o

A

extremities, top, point

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Acu/o

A

sharp, severe, sudden

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Angi/o

A

vessel

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Axill/o

A

armpit

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Bronch/o

A

bronchial tubes

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Chem/o

A

drug, chemical

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Chondr/o

A

cartilage

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Col/o

A

colon

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Inguin/o

A

groin

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Isch/o

A

to hold back

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Lapar/o

A

abdomen

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Laryng/o

A

voice box

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Mast/o

A

breast

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Mamm/o

A

breast

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Morph/o

A

shape, form

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Muc/o

A

mucus

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Myel/o

A

spinal cord or bone marrow

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Necr/o

A

death

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Phag/o

A

to eat, swallow

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Phleb/o

A

vein

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Plas/o

A

formation, development

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Staphyl/o

A

clusters

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Strept/o

A

twisted chains

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Ven/o

A

vein

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-cele

A

hernia

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-coccus; -cocci

A

berry-shaped bacterium

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-genesis

A

condition of producing

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-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction, separation

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-malacia

A

softening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-osis

A

condition, usually abnormal

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-plasia

A

development, growth. formation

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-sclerosis

A

hardening

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-stasis

A

controlling, stopping

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-stomy

A

opening to form a mouth

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-trophy

A

development, nourishment

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hypertrophy

A

excessive development

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-ia

A

condition

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-um; -ium

A

structure, tissue

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-us

A

structure, substance

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-oid

A

resembling, derived from

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-penia

A

deficiency