Chapter 3: Suffixes Flashcards by Michelle Lee

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acr/o

A

extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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amni/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

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angi/o

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vesselar

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arteri/o

A

artery

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axill/o

A

armpit

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes

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chem/o

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drugs, chemical

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

A

colon

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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isch/o

A

to hold back

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necr/o

A

death

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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lymph/o

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lymph

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mamm/o
mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

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muscle

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neutr/o

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neutrophil

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myel/o

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spinal cord; bone marrow

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opi/o

A

opium

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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ot/o

A

ear

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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

A

vein

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plas/o

A

formation, development

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pleur/o

A

pleura

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pneumon/o
pulmon/o

A

lungs

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rect/o

A

rectum

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splen/o

A

spleen

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tonsill/o

A

tonsils

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ven/o

A

vein

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

A

puncture to remove fluid

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-dynia

A

pain

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-genesis

A

condition of producing, forming

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-graph

A

instrument to record

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction, separation

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-malacia

A

softening

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-plasia

A

development, growth, formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-ptosis

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drooping, falling, prolapse

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-stasis

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controlling, stopping

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-stomy

A

new opening to form a mouth

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-therapy

A

treatment

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-trophy

A

development, nourishment

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-er

A

one who

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-ia

A

condition

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-ist

A

specialist

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-oid

A

resembling, derived from

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-ole

A

little, small

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-ule

A

little, small

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-um, -ium

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structure, tissue

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-us

A

structure, substance

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-y

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condition, process

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-ac,-iac

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pertaining to

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-al

A

pertaining to

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-ar

A

pertaining to

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-ary

A

pertaining to

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-genic

A

pertaining to producing, produced by

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-ic, -ical

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pertaining to

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-ose

A

pertaining to, full of

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-tic

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pertaining to