Chapter 3. Suffixes - Combining Forms

Question 1

abdomin/o

Answer 1

abdomen

Question 2

acr/o

Answer 2

extremities, top, extreme point

Question 3

acu/o

Answer 3

sharp, severe, sudden

Question 4

aden/o

Answer 4

gland

Question 5

adip/o

Answer 5

fat

Question 6

amin/o

Answer 6

amion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

Question 7

angi/o

Answer 7

vessel

Question 8

arteri/o

Answer 8

artery

Question 9

arthr/o

Answer 9

joint

Question 10

axil/o

Answer 10

armpit

Question 11

bi/o

Answer 11

life

Question 12

blephar/o

Answer 12

eyelid

Question 13

bronch/o

Answer 13

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

Question 14

carcin/o

Answer 14

cancer

Question 15

cardi/o

Answer 15

heart

Question 16

chem/o

Answer 16

drug, chemical

Question 17

chondr/o

Answer 17

cartilage

Question 18

chron/o

Answer 18

time

Question 19

col/o

Answer 19

colon (large intestine)

Question 20

cyst/o

Answer 20

urinary bladder

Question 21

encephal/o

Answer 21

brain

Question 22

erythr/o

Answer 22

red

Question 23

hem/o

Answer 23

blood

Question 24

hepat/o

Answer 24

liver

Question 25

hydr/o

Answer 25

water, fluid

Question 26

inguin/o

Answer 26

groin

Question 27

isch/o

Answer 27

to hold back

Question 28

lapar/o

Answer 28

abdomen, abdominal wall

Question 29

laryng/o

Answer 29

larynx (voice box)

Question 30

leuk/o

Answer 30

white

Question 31

lymph/o

Answer 31

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

Question 32

mamm/o

Answer 32

breast

Question 33

mast/o

Answer 33

breast

Question 34

morph/o

Answer 34

shape. form

Question 35

muc/o

Answer 35

mucus

Question 36

my/o

Answer 36

muscle

Question 37

myel/o

Answer 37

spinal cord, bone marrow

Question 38

necr/o

Answer 38

death (of cells or whole body)

Question 39

nephr/o

Answer 39

kidney

Question 40

neur/o

Answer 40

nerve

Question 41

neutr/o

Answer 41

neutrophil (a white blood cell)

Question 42

nucle/o

Answer 42

nucleus

Question 43

opthalm/o

Answer 43

eye

Question 44

oste/o

Answer 44

bone

Question 45

ot/o

Answer 45

ear

Question 46

path/o

Answer 46

disease

Question 47

peritone/o

Answer 47

peritoneum

Question 48

phag/o

Answer 48

to eat, swallow

Question 49

phleb/o

Answer 49

vein

Question 50

plas/o

Answer 50

formation, development

Question 51

pleur/o

Answer 51

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

Question 52

pneumon/o

Answer 52

lungs

Question 53

plumon/o

Answer 53

lungs

Question 54

radi/o

Answer 54

x-rays

Question 55

rect/o

Answer 55

rectum

Question 56

ren/o

Answer 56

kidney

Question 57

rhin/o

Answer 57

nose

Question 58

sarc/o

Answer 58

flesh

Question 59

splen/o

Answer 59

spleen

Question 60

staphyl/o

Answer 60

clusters

Question 61

strept/o

Answer 61

twisted chains

Question 62

thorac/o

Answer 62

chest

Question 63

thromb/o

Answer 63

clot

Question 64

tonsill/o

Answer 64

tonsils

Question 65

trache/o

Answer 65

trachea (windpipe)

Question 66

ven/o

Answer 66

vein