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Chapter 1 - Suffixes Flashcards

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word TRANSFUSION.

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Root: Transfuse.
Root Meaning: To pour from one vessel to another.
Definition: The transfer of blood or blood components from a donor to a receptor.

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What does -ion, -ant, -logy stand for?

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Suffixes denoting noun spellings.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word AUSCULTATION.

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Root: Auscultate.
Root Meaning: To perform auscultation.
Definition: Listening to sounds made by body structures.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word INTUBATION.

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Root: Intubate.
Root Meaning: To inset a tube.
Definition: The process of inserting a tube for anesthesia or for pulmonary assistance.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word EXPECTORANT.

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Root: Expectorate.
Root Meaning: To expel from the chest.
Definition: Any agent that promotes the expelling of bronchial secretions.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word ETIOLOGY.

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Root: Eti (o)
Root Meaning: Cause.
Definition: The study of the cause of a disease.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word PATHOLOGY.

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Root: Path (o)
Root Meaning: Feeling, disease.
Definition: The study of diseases.

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What does the terms -ate, -tripsy, -plasty, -pexy, -lysis stand for?

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Suffixes denoting processes.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word DEHYDRATE.

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Root: Hydrate.
Root Meaning: To add water.
Definition: To remove water from a substance, such as the body.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word LITHOTRIPSY.

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Root: Lith (o)
Root Meaning: Stone.
Definition: The operation of crushing a stone.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word BLEPHAROPLASTY.

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Root: Blephar (o).
Root Meaning: Eyelid.
Definition: Plastic surgery on the eyelid.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word CHEIROPLASTY.

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Root: Cheir (o)
Root Meaning: Hand
Definition: Plastic surgery on the hand.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word HYSTEROPEXY.

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Root: Hyster (o)
Root Meaning: Uterus
Definition: Surgical fixation or fastening of the uterus.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word HEMOLYSIS.

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Root: Hem (o)
Root Meaning: Blood
Definition: Breaking down or destroying blood cells.

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What do the terms -ic, -al, -ac, -ar, -ary, -al, -eal, -ous stand for?

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Suffixes denoting adjective spellings.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word SEPTIC.

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Root: Sepsis
Root Meaning: The presence of pathogenic organisms.
Definition: Pertaining to the presence of pathogenic organisms.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word THORACIC.

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Root: Thorac(o)
Root Meaning: Chest
Definition: Pertaining to the chest.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word ARTERIAL.

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Root: Arteri(o)
Root Meaning: Artery
Definition: Pertaining to an artery.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word CARDIAC.

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Root: Card(i)
Root Meaning: Heart
Definition: Pertaining to the heart.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word CELIAC.

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Root: Celi(o)
Root Meaning: Abdomen
Definition: Pertaining to the abdomen.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word MUSCULAR.

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Root: Muscul(o)
Root Meaning: Muscle
Definition: Pertaining to a muscle.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word VASCULAR.

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Root: Vascul(o)
Root Meaning: Blood Vessel
Definition: Pertaining to a blood vessel.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word PULMONARY.

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Root: Pulmon(o)
Root Meaning: Lung
Definition: Pertaining to a lung.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word NEURAL.

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Root: Neur(o)
Root Meaning: Nerve
Definition: Pertaining to a nerve.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word BRONCHIAL.

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Root: Bronch(i)
Root Meaning: Bronchus
Definition: Pertaining to a bronchus.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word LARYNGEAL.

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Root: Laryng(o)
Root Meaning: Larynx
Definition: Pertaining to the larynx.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word ESOPHAGEAL.

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Root: Esophag(o)
Root Meaning: Esophagus
Definition: Pertaining to the esophagus.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word VENOUS.

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Root: ven(o)
Root Meaning: Vein
Definition: Pertaining to a vein.

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What does the terms -es, -ices, -i, -ae, -nges, -a, -mata stand for?

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Suffixes denoting plurals.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word DIAGNOSES.

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Root: Diagnosis
Root Meaning: A determination of the nature of a disease.
Definition: More than one determination of the nature of a disease.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word APPENDICES.

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Root: Appendix
Root Meaning: The appendix.
Definition: More than one appendix.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word BRONCHI.

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Root: Bronchus
Root Meaning: The bronchus.
Definition: More than one bronchus.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word PLEURAE.

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Root: Pleura
Root Meaning: The pleura.
Definition: More than one pleura.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word MENINGES.

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Root: Meninx
Root Meaning: A membrane surrounding the brain or spinal cord.
Definition: Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word OVA.

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Root: Ovum
Root Meaning: An ovum (egg).
Definition: More than one ovum.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word GANGLIA.

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Root: Ganglion
Root Meaning: A knotlike mass of nerve fibers.
Definition: More than one ganglion.

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Name the root, root meaning, and definition for the word CARCINOMATA.

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Root: Carcinoma
Root Meaning: Cancer
Definition: More than one cancer.

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