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Combining Forms > Chapter 3. Suffixes - Combining Forms > Flashcards

Chapter 3. Suffixes - Combining Forms Flashcards

1
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abdomin/o

A

abdomen

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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aden/o

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gland

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adip/o

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fat

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amin/o

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amion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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axil/o

A

armpit

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bi/o

A

life

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blephar/o

A

eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs

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carcin/o

A

cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chron/o

A

time

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col/o

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colon (large intestine)

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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21
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encephal/o

A

brain

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22
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erythr/o

A

red

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hem/o

A

blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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hydr/o

A

water, fluid

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inguin/o

A

groin

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27
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isch/o

A

to hold back

28
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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx (voice box)

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leuk/o

31
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lymph/o

A

lymph - a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body

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mamm/o

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mast/o

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morph/o

A

shape. form

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muc/o

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my/o

37
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myel/o

A

spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o

A

death (of cells or whole body)

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nephr/o

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neur/o

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neutr/o

A

neutrophil (a white blood cell)

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nucle/o

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opthalm/o

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oste/o

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ot/o

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path/o

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peritone/o

A

peritoneum

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phag/o

A

to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

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plas/o

A

formation, development

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pleur/o

A

pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs and adjacent to chest wall)

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pneumon/o

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plumon/o

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radi/o

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rect/o

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ren/o

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rhin/o

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sarc/o

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splen/o

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staphyl/o

61
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strept/o

A

twisted chains

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thorac/o

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thromb/o

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tonsill/o

65
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trache/o

A

trachea (windpipe)

66
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ven/o

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