Chapter 3: Suffixes Flashcards
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
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acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
4
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aden/o
A
gland
5
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adip/o
A
fat
6
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amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
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arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
10
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axill/o
A
armpit
11
Q
bi/o
A
life
12
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
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bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs
14
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
15
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cardi/o
A
heart
16
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chem/o
A
drug, chemical
17
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
18
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chron/o
A
time
19
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col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
20
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cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
21
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encephal/o
A
brain
22
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erythr/o
A
red
23
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hem/o
A
blood
24
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hepat/o
A
liver
25
hydr/o
water, fluid
26
inguin/o
groin
27
isch/o
to hold back
28
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
29
laryng/o
larynx
30
leuk/o
white
31
lymph/o
lymph (a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)
32
mamm/o
breast
33
mast/o
breast
34
morph/o
shape, form
35
muc/o
mucus
36
my/o
muscle
37
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
38
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
39
nephr/o
kidney
40
neur/o
nerve
41
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
42
nucle/o
nucleus
43
ophthalm/o
eye
44
oste/o
bone
45
ot/o
ear
46
path/o
disease
47
peritone/o
peritoneum
48
phag/o
to eat, swallow
49
phleb/o
vein
50
plas/o
formation, development
51
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
52
pneumon/o
lungs
53
pulmon/o
lungs
54
radi/o
x-rays
55
rect/o
rectum
56
ren/o
kidney
57
rhin/o
nose
58
sarc/o
flesh
59
splen/o
spleen
60
staphyl/o
clusters
61
strept/o
twisted chains
62
thorac/o
chest
63
thromb/o
clot
64
tonsil/o
tonsils
65
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
66
ven/o
vein
67
-algia
pain
68
-cele
hernia
69
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
70
-coccus (singular), -cocci (plural)
berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria)
71
-cyte
cell
72
-dynia
pain
73
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
74
-emia
blood condition
75
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
76
-gram
record
77
-graph
instrument for recording
78
-graphy
process of recording
79
-itis
inflammation
80
-logy
study of
81
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
82
-malacia
softening
83
-megaly
enlargement
84
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
85
-opsy
to view
86
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
87
-pathy
disease condition
88
-penia
deficiency
89
-phobia
fear
90
-plasia
development, formation, growth
91
-plasty
surgical repair
92
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
93
-rrhea
flow, discharge
94
-sclerosis
hardening
95
-scope
instrument for visual examination
96
-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
97
-stasis
controlling, stopping
98
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
99
-therapy
treatment
100
-tomy
incision, cutting into
101
-trophy
development, nourishment
102
-er
one who
103
-ia
condition
104
-ist
specialist
105
-ole
little, small
106
-ule
little, small
107
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
108
-us
structure, substance
109
-y
condition, process
110
-ac, -iac
pertaining to
111
-al
pertaining to
112
-ar
pertaining to
113
-ary
pertaining to
114
-eal
pertaining to
115
-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
116
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
117
-oid
resembling, derived from
118
-ose
pertaining to, full of
119
-ous
pertaining to
120
-tic
pertaining to
