Chp 3 (suffixes) Flashcards
1
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
2
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acu/o
A
sharp, sudden, severe
3
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amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
4
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
5
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arteri/o
A
artery
6
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
7
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bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
8
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chem/o
A
drug, chemical
9
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chron/o
A
time
10
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col/o
A
colon
11
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hydr/o
A
water, fluid
12
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isch/o
A
to hold back
13
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lapar/o
A
abdomen, abdominal wall
14
Q
lymph/o
A
lymph
15
Q
mamm/o
A
breast
16
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mast/o
A
breast
17
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morph/o
A
shape, form
18
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muc/o
A
mucus
19
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my/o
A
muscle
20
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myel/o
A
spinal cord; bone marrow
21
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necr/o
A
death
22
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neutr/o
A
neutrophil
23
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opi/o
A
opium
24
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ot/o
A
ear
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phag/o
to eat, swallow
26
phleb/o
vein
27
plas/o
formation, development
28
pleur/o
pleura
29
pneumon/o
lungs
30
pulmon/o
lungs
31
rect/o
rectum
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staphyl/o
clusters
33
strept/o
twisted chains
34
ven/o
vein
35
-cele
hernia
36
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
37
-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium
38
-dynia
pain
39
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
40
-graph
instrument for recording
41
-graphy
process of recording
42
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
43
-malacia
softening
44
-megaly
enlargement
45
-penia
deficiency
46
-plasia
development, formation, growth
47
-plasty
surgical repair
48
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
50
-sclerosis
hardening
51
-stasis
controlling, stopping
52
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
53
-therapy
treatment
54
-trophy
development, nourishment
55
-er
one who
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-ia
condition
57
-ist
specialist
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-oid
resembling, derived from
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-ole
little, small
60
-ule
little, small
61
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
62
-us
structure, substance
63
-y
condition, process
64
-ar
pertaining to
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-ary
pertaining to
66
-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
67
-tic
pertaining to
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