Chapter 3 - Suffixes Flashcards

1
Q

amni/o

A

amnion (sac of fluid)

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2
Q

angi/o

A

vessel (blood vessel)

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3
Q

arteri/o

A

artery

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4
Q

ather/o

A

plaque

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5
Q

axill/o

A

armpit

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6
Q

bronchi/o

A

bronchial tube

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7
Q

chem/o

A

drug; chemical

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8
Q

cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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9
Q

chron/o

A

time

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10
Q

col/o

A

colon

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11
Q

crani/o

A

skull

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12
Q

cry/o

A

cold

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13
Q

cyst/o

A

urinary bladder; sac, fluid, cyst

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14
Q

hyster/o

A

uterus

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15
Q

inguin/o

A

groin

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16
Q

isch/o

A

to hold back

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17
Q

laryng/o

A

voice box

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18
Q

mamm/o

A

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

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19
Q

mast/o

A

breast (use with: -ECTOMY, ITIS)-

20
Q

men/o

A

menses; month

21
Q

mening/o

A

meninges

22
Q

my/o

A

muscle

23
Q

myel/o

A

spinal cord

24
Q

necr/o

A

death (of cells)

25
Q

oophor/o

A

ovary

26
Q

ot/o

A

ear

27
Q

phleb/o

A

vein

28
Q

pneumon/o

A

lung

29
Q

pulmon/o

A

lung

30
Q

salping/o

A

fallopian tube

31
Q

septic/o

A

pertaining to infection

32
Q

tonsill/o

A

tonsil

33
Q

ur/o

A

urine or urea; urinary tract

34
Q

vascul/o

A

blood vessel

35
Q

MEGALY

A

enlargement

36
Q

PATHY

A

disease condition

37
Q

RRHEA

A

flow, discharge

38
Q

RRHAGE/RRHAGIA

A

excessive discharge of blood

39
Q

SCLEROSIS

A

hardening

40
Q

URIA

A

condition of urine

41
Q

ARY

A

pertaining to

42
Q

CENTESIS

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

43
Q

GRAPHY

A

process of recording

44
Q

LYSIS

A

separation, breakdown, destruction

45
Q

PLASTY

A

surgical repair, or surgical correction

46
Q

STOMY

A

opening

47
Q

THERAPY

A

treatment