Chapter 3- Suffixes Flashcards
What is abdomin/o?
Abdomen
What is acr/o?
Extremities, Top and extreme point
What is acu/o?
Sharp, severe, sudden
What is aden/o?
gland
What is adip/o?
fat
What is amni/o?
amnion (sac surrounding embryo and fetus in womb)
What is angi/o?
vessel
What is arteri/o?
Artery
What is arthr/o?
joint
What is axill/o?
armpit (think axe body spray)
What is bi/o?
life
What is blephar/o?
eyelid
What is bronch/o?
bronchial tubes (2 tubes one on the right one on the left, branching from the trachea to enter the lungs)
What is carcin/o?
cancerous
What is cardi/o?
heart
What is chem/o?
chemical, drug (Think Chemistry)
What is chondr/o?
cartilage (think about my chostolchondritis)
What is chron/o?
time (think chronological)
What is col/o?
Colon
What is cyst/o?
urinary bladder
What is encephal/o?
brain
What is erythr/o?
red (erythrocytes)
What is hem/o?
blood (Hemoglobin)
What is hepat/o?
liver
What is hydr/o?
water
What is inguin/o?
groin
What is isch/o?
to hold back
What is lapar/o?
abdomen/ abdominal wall
What is laryng/o?
larynx
What is leuk/o?
white (leukocytes)
What is lymph/o?
lymph (lymph nodes)
What is mamm/o?
breast (mammary glands)
What is mast/o?
breast
What is morph/o?
shape, form, change
What is muc/o?
mucus
What is my/o?
muscle
What is myel/o?
spinal cord
What is necr/o?
death- to cells or whole body (NECROmancy)
What is neph/o?
Kidney (Nephron)
What is neur/o?
nerve
What is neutr/o?
neutrophil (SPECIFIC WHITE BLOOD CELL)
What is nucle/o?
nucleus
What is opthilam/o?
eye
What is opi/o?
optimum
What is oste/o?
bone
What is ot/o?
ear
What is path/o?
disease
What is peritone/o?
peritoneum
What is phag/o?
to eat/ to swallow
What is phleb/o?
vein (phlebotomy- draw blood from a vein)
What is plas/o?
formation, development
What is pleur/o?
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent chest wall)
What is pneumon/o?
lungs (pneumonia- lungs filled with fluid)
What is pulmon/o?
lungs
What is radi/o?
x-ray
What is rect/o?
rectum
What is ren/o?
kidney
What is rhin/o?
nose (think rhinos have a big horn on their NOSE or, rhinoplasty AKA nose job)
What is sarc/o?
flesh
What is splen/o?
spleen
What is staphyl/o?
clusters (think staph infection)
What is strept/o?
twisted chins (think streptococcus) (named because of BACTERIA SHAPE)
What is torac/o?
thorax/ chest
What is thromb/o?
clot (think thrombocytes/ platelets- clot wounds)
What is tonsill/o?
tonsils
What is trache/o?
trachea
What is ven/o?
vein
What is -algia?
pain
What is -cele?
hernia
What is -centesis?
puncture to remove fluid (think amniocentesis)
What is -coccus?
berry shaped bacterium (SINGULAR)
What is -cocci?
berry shaped bacterium (PLURAL)
What is -cyte?
cell (oocyte, erythrocyte, leukocyte)
What is -dynia?
pain
What is -ectomy?
removal, excision, resection
What is -emia?
blood condition (think anemia- deficiency of red blood cells)
What is -genesis?
condition of producing or forming (think Spermatogenesis- creating sperm)
What is -gram?
record (not to record on a phone, but to record something on paper (brainwaves, heart rate))
What is -graph?
insturment for recording
What is -graphy?
process of recording
What is -itis?
inflammation
What is -ology?
process of study
What is -lysis?
breakdown, destruction, separation (analysis- breaking down what the problem is)
What is -malacia?
softening
What is -megaly?
enlargement
What is -oma?
tumour (think teratoma)
What is -opsy?
to view
What is -osis?
condition, usually abnormal
What is -pathy?
disease condition
What is -penia?
deficiency
What is -phobia?
irrational fear (my arachnophobia)
What is -plasia?
development, formation, growth
What is -plasty?
surgical repair
What is -ptosis?
dropping, falling, prolapse
What is -rrhea?
discharge, flow
What is -sclerosis?
hardening
What is -scope?
an instrument for visual examination
What is -scopy?
process of visual examination
What is -stasis?
Controlling or stopping (think maintaining homeostasis)
What is -stomy?
opening to form a mouth (think stoma)
What is -therapy?
form of treatment
What is -tomy?
incision, cutting into
What is -tropy?
development and nourishment
What is -er?
one who
What is -ia?
condition
What is -ist?
specialist
What is -oid?
resembling or derived from something (steriods)
What is -ole?
little/ small (arteriole)
What is -ule?
little/ small
What is -um, -ium?
structure, tissue
What is -us?
structure, substance
What is -y?
condition, process
What is -ac, -iac?
pertaining to
What is -al?
pertaining to
What is -ar?
pertaining to
What is -ary?
pertaining to
What is -eal?
pertaining to
What is -genic?
pertaining to, producing, produced by, or in
What is -ic, -ical?
pertaining to
What is -ose?
pertaining to, full of
What is -ous?
pertaining to
What is -tic?
pertaining to
