Ch. 3 Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
Acr/o
A
extremities, top, point
2
Q
Acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
3
Q
Angi/o
A
vessel
4
Q
Axill/o
A
armpit
5
Q
Bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
6
Q
Chem/o
A
drug, chemical
7
Q
Chondr/o
A
cartilage
8
Q
Col/o
A
colon
9
Q
Inguin/o
A
groin
10
Q
Isch/o
A
to hold back
11
Q
Lapar/o
A
abdomen
12
Q
Laryng/o
A
voice box
13
Q
Mast/o
A
breast
14
Q
Mamm/o
A
breast
15
Q
Morph/o
A
shape, form
16
Q
Muc/o
A
mucus
17
Q
Myel/o
A
spinal cord or bone marrow
18
Q
Necr/o
A
death
19
Q
Phag/o
A
to eat, swallow
20
Q
Phleb/o
A
vein
21
Q
Plas/o
A
formation, development
22
Q
Staphyl/o
A
clusters
23
Q
Strept/o
A
twisted chains
24
Q
Ven/o
A
vein
25
-cele
hernia
26
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
27
-coccus; -cocci
berry-shaped bacterium
28
-genesis
condition of producing
29
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
30
-malacia
softening
31
-megaly
enlargement
32
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
33
-plasia
development, growth. formation
34
-plasty
surgical repair
35
-sclerosis
hardening
36
-stasis
controlling, stopping
37
-stomy
opening to form a mouth
38
-trophy
development, nourishment
39
hypertrophy
excessive development
40
-ia
condition
41
-um; -ium
structure, tissue
42
-us
structure, substance
43
-oid
resembling, derived from
44
-penia
deficiency
