Chapter 3 Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
Amni/o
A
Amnion (Sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
2
Q
Angi/o
A
Vessel (Usually the blood vessel)
3
Q
Axill/o
A
Armpit (Underarm)
4
Q
Chem/o
A
Drugs, Chemical
5
Q
Cholecyst/o
A
Gallbladder
6
Q
Chron/o
A
Time
7
Q
Cry/o
A
Cold
8
Q
Hyster/o
A
Uterus
9
Q
Inguin/o
A
Groin (Area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)
10
Q
Isch/o
A
To hold back
11
Q
Mamm/o
A
Breast (Use with -ary, -graphy, -gram, and -plasty)
12
Q
Mast/o
A
Breast (Use with -ectomy and -itis)
13
Q
Men/o
A
Menses (Menstruation)
14
Q
Mening/o
A
Meninges (Membranes around the brain and spinal cord)
15
Q
My/o
A
Muscle
16
Q
Myel/o
A
Spinal Cord
17
Q
Necr/o
A
Dead (Of cells)
18
Q
Oophor/o
A
Ovary
19
Q
Ot/o
A
Ear
20
Q
Phleb/o
A
Veins
21
Q
Pneumon/o
A
Lungs
22
Q
Pulmon/o
A
Lungs
23
Q
Salping/o
A
Fallopian (Uterine) Tube
24
Q
Septic/o
A
Pertaining to infection
25
Tonsill/o
Tonsil
26
Ur/o
Urine
27
Append/o
Appendix
28
Ana-
Through or complete
29
Cerebell/o
Cerebellum
30
Cerebr/o
Cerebrum
31
Medull/o
Medulla Oblongata
