Chapter 3: Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
1
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
2
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
3
Q
angi/o
A
vesselar
4
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
5
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
6
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
7
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
8
Q
chem/o
A
drugs, chemical
9
Q
chron/o
A
time
10
Q
col/o
A
colon
11
Q
hydr/o
A
water, fluid
12
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
13
Q
necr/o
A
death
13
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen, abdominal wall
13
Q
lymph/o
A
lymph
13
Q
mamm/o
mast/o
A
breast
13
Q
A
13
Q
morph/o
A
shape, form
13
Q
muc/o
A
mucus
13
Q
my/o
A
muscle
13
Q
neutr/o
A
neutrophil
14
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord; bone marrow
14
Q
opi/o
A
opium
14
Q
peritone/o
A
peritoneum
14
Q
nucle/o
A
nucleus
14
Q
ot/o
A
ear
14
Q
phag/o
A
to eat, swallow
14
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
