Chapter 3 - Suffixes Flashcards by Karolina S

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amni/o

A

amnion (sac of fluid)

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angi/o

A

vessel (blood vessel)

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arteri/o

A

artery

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ather/o

A

plaque

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axill/o

A

armpit

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bronchi/o

A

bronchial tube

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chem/o

A

drug; chemical

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cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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chron/o

A

time

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col/o

A

colon

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crani/o

A

skull

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cry/o

A

cold

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cyst/o

A

urinary bladder; sac, fluid, cyst

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hyster/o

A

uterus

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inguin/o

A

groin

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isch/o

A

to hold back

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laryng/o

A

voice box

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mamm/o

A

breast (use with: -ARY, -GRAPHY, -GRAM, -PLASTY)

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mast/o

A

breast (use with: -ECTOMY, ITIS)-

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men/o

A

menses; month

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mening/o

A

meninges

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my/o

A

muscle

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myel/o

A

spinal cord

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necr/o

A

death (of cells)

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oophor/o

A

ovary

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ot/o

A

ear

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phleb/o

A

vein

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pneumon/o

A

lung

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pulmon/o

A

lung

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salping/o

A

fallopian tube

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septic/o

A

pertaining to infection

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tonsill/o

A

tonsil

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ur/o

A

urine or urea; urinary tract

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vascul/o

A

blood vessel

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MEGALY

A

enlargement

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PATHY

A

disease condition

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RRHEA

A

flow, discharge

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RRHAGE/RRHAGIA

A

excessive discharge of blood

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SCLEROSIS

A

hardening

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URIA

A

condition of urine

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ARY

A

pertaining to

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CENTESIS

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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GRAPHY

A

process of recording

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LYSIS

A

separation, breakdown, destruction

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PLASTY

A

surgical repair, or surgical correction

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STOMY

A

opening

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THERAPY

A

treatment