Common Roots and Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
2
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
3
Q
enter/o
A
small intestine
4
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
5
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
6
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
7
Q
angi/o
A
blood vessel
8
Q
vas/o
A
blood vessel
9
Q
vascul/o
A
blood vessel
10
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
11
Q
hem/o
A
blood
12
Q
derm/o
A
skin
13
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
14
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
15
Q
muscul/o
A
muscle
16
Q
my/o
A
muscle
17
Q
pneum/o
A
lung, air
18
Q
pneumon/o
A
lung, air
19
Q
gen/o
A
to produce, to begin
20
Q
hydr/o
A
water
21
Q
morph/o
A
change
22
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
23
Q
necr/o
A
death
24
Q
orth/o
A
straight
25
path/o
disease, suffering
26
phag/o
to eat
27
phas/o
formation
28
scler/o
hard
29
sten/o
narrow
30
troph/o
development, nourishment
31
xen/o
foregin
32
-emia
blood condition
33
-algia
pain
34
-cele
hernia, swelling
35
-iasis
presence of an abnormal condition
36
-itis
inflammation
37
lysis
breakdown
38
-malacia
abnormal softening
39
-oid
resembling
40
-megaly
enlargement
41
-oma
tumor
42
-osis
condition
43
-pathy
disease
44
-penia
deficiency
