Chapter 2- Suffixes and Combining Forms Flashcards
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-iatrician
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Practitioner
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-er, -ist
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One who
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-logist
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One who studies, specialist
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-ac, -ic, -al, -ical
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Pertaining to
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-logic, -logical
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Pertaining to the study of
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-iatrics, -iatry
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Medical profession or treatment
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-logy
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The study of
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Cardi/o
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Heart
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Crin/o, -crine
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To secrete
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Dermat/o
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Skin
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Esthesi/o
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Feeling or sensation
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Gastr/o, enter/o
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Stomach, intestines
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Ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
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Elderly
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Gynec/o
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Female
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Immun/o
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Immune
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Ne/o, nat/o
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New, birth
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Neur/o
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Nerve
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Obstetr/o
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Midwife
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Onc/o
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Tumor
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Opthalm/o
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Eye
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Orth/o, ped/o
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Straight, child
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Ot/o, laryng/o
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Ear, larynx
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Path/o
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Disease
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Psych/o
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Mind
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Radi/o
Radiation (or radius)
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Rheumat/o
Rheumatism
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Rhin/o
Nose
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Ur/o
Urinary tract (or urine)
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-centesis
Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
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-ectomy
Excision(surgical removal or cutting out)
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-lysis
Process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
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-pexy
Surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
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-plasty
Surgical repair
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-rrgaphy
Suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
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-scopy
Visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
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-stomy
Formation of an opening
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-tome
An instrument used for cutting (ie. microtome)
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-tomy
Incision (cutting into tissue)
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-trophy
Surgical cutting
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Aden/o
Gland
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Angi/o
Vessel
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Append/o, appendic/o
Appendix
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Bi/o
Life of living
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Blephar/o
Eyelid
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Cerebr/o, encephal/o
Brain
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Chir/o
Hand
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Col/o
Colon on large intestine
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Cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o
Skin
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Faci/o
Face
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Heapat/o
Liver
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Mamm/o, mast/o
Breast
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Muscul/o, my/o
Muscle
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Myel/o
Bone marrow or spinal cord
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Oste/o
Bone
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Pulm/o, pulmon/o, pnuem/o, pnuemon/o
Lungs
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Tonsill/o
Tonsil
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Trache/o
Trachea (windpipe)
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Vas/o
Vessel; ductus deferens
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-itis
Inflammation
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-algia, -dynia
Pain
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-cele
Hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through wall of cavity that contains it)
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-ectasia, -ectasis
Dilation
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-edema
Swelling
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-emesis
Vomiting
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-emia
Condition of the blood
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-ia, -iasis
Condition
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-itis
Inflammation
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-lith
Stone of calculus
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-malacia
Soft, softening
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-mania
Excessive preoccupation
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-megaly
Enlargement
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-oid (forms of adjectives and nouns)
Resembling
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-oma
Tumor
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-osis
Condition (often and abnormal condition, sometimes an increase)
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-pathy
Disease
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-penia
Deficiency
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-phobia
Abnormal fear
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-ptosis
Prolapse (sagging)
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
Excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
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-rrhea
Flow or discharge
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-rrhexis
Rupture
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-spasm
Twitching, cramp
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-stasis
Stopping, controlling
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-able, -ible
Capable of, able to
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic
Pertaining to
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-ase
Enzyme
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-eum, -ium
Membrane
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-ia, -ism
Condition or theory
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-iac
One who suffers
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-opia
Vision
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-ose
Sugar
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-ous
Pertaining to or characterized by
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-y
State or condition
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Amyl/o
Starch
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Adip/o, lip/o
Fat
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Glyc/o
Sugar
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Hemat/o
Blood
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Lact/o
Milk
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Lith/o
Stone
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Micro-
Small
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Muc/o
Mucus
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Prote/o, protein/o
Protein
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Pyr/o
Fire
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Darcy/o, lacrim/o
Tear, tearing, crying
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Hidr/o
Sweat or perpetration
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Hydr/o
Water
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Lymph/o
Lymph
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Muc/o
Mucus
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-poiesis
Production
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-poietin
Substance that causes production
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Sial/o
Saliva
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Coagul/o
Coagulation
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Cyt/o
Cell
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Thromb/o
Clot (thrombosis)
