Exam 3 Roots and Suffixes Flashcards
Root for “male”
andr(o)
Root for “glans penis”
balan(o)
Root for “cold”
cry(o)
Root for “hidden”
crypt(o)
Root for “epididymis”
epididym(o)
Root for “seed”
gon(o)
Root for “water, fluid”
hydro(o)
Root for “testis, testicle” (the flower ones)
orch(o), orchi(o), orchid(o)
Root for “penis”
pen(o)
Root for “prostate gland”
prostat(o)
Root for “semen, seed”
semin(i)
Root for “spermatozoa, semen”
sperm(o)
Root for “monster”
terat(o)
Root for “testis, testicle”
test(o)
Root for “varicose veins”
varic(o)
Root for “vessel duct”
vas(o)
Root for “animal life”
zo(o)
Suffix for “formation”
-genesis
Suffix for “hormone”
-one
Suffix for “fixation, to put in place”
-pexy
Suffix for “new opening”
-stomy
Root for “cerebellum”
cerebell(o)
Root for “cerebrum”
cerebr(o)
Root for “dura mater”
dur(o)
Root for “brain”
encephal(o)
Root for “glial cells”
gli(o)
Root for “thin, slender”
lept(o)
Root for “membranes, meninges”
mening(o), meningi(o)
Root for “muscle”
my(o)
Root for “spinal cord”
myel(o)
Root for “nerve”
neur(o)
Root for “pons”
pont(o)
Root for “nerve root”
radicul(o)
Root for “thalamus”
thalam(o)
Root for “sheath” (refers to meninges)
thec(o)
Root for “vagus nerve”
vag(o)
Root for “excessive sensitivity to pain”
alges(o)
Suffix for “excessive sensitivity to pain”
-algesia
Suffix for “pain”
-algia
Root for “burning”
caus(o)
Root for “deep sleep”
comat(o)
Root for “feeling, nervous sensation”
esthesi(o)
Suffix for “feeling, nervous sensation”
-esthesia
Root for “movement”
kines(o)
Suffix for “movement”
-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
Suffix for “seizure”
-lepsy
Suffix for “word, phrase”
-lex(o)
Suffix for “slight paralysis”
-paresis
Suffix for “speech”
-phasia
Suffix for “paralysis”
-plegia
Suffix for “action”
-praxia
Suffix for “strength”
-sthenia
Root for “cut off”
syncop(o)
Root for “order, coordination”
tax(o)
Root for “vessel”
angi(o)
Root for “aorta”
aort(o)
Root for “artery”
arter(o), arteri(o)
Root for “yellowish plaque”
ather(o)
Root for “atrium”
atri(o)
Root for “arm”
brachi(o)
Root for “heart” (2)
cardi(o), coron(o)
Root for “cholesterol”
cholesterol(o)
Root for “blue”
cyan(o)
Root for “mucus”
myx(o)
Root for “oxygen”
ox(o)
Root for “pericardium”
pericardi(o)
Root for “vein”
phleb(o)
Root for “pulse”
sphygm(o)
Root for “chest”
steth(o)
Root for “clot”
thromb(o)
Root for “valve”
valvul(o), valv(o)
Root for “vessel”
vas(o), vascul(o)
Root for “vein”
ven(o), ven(i)
Root for “ventricle”
ventricul(o)
Root for “adenoids”
adenoid(o)
Root for “alveolus, air sac”
alveol(o)
Root for “bronchial tube”
bronch(o)
Root for “bronchus”
bronchi(o)
Root for “bronchiole, small bronchus”
bronchiol(o)
Root for “carbon dioxide”
capn(o)
Root for “dust”
coni(o)
Root for “epiglottis”
epiglott(o)
Root for “larynx, voice box”
laryng(o)
Root for “lobe of the lung”
lob(o)
Root for “mediastinum”
mediastin(o)
Root for “nose”
nas(o)
Root for “straight, upright”
orth(o)
Root for “oxygen”
ox(o)
Root for “chest”
pector(o)
Root for “pharynx, throat”
pharyng(o)
Root for “voice”
phon(o)
Root for “diaphragm”
phren(o)
Root for “pleura”
pleur(o)
Root for “air, lung”
pneum(o)
Root for “lung” (2)
pneumon(o), pulmon(o)
Root for “nose”
rhin(o)
Root for “sinus cavity”
sinus(o)
Root for “breathing”
spir(o)
Root for “complete”
tel(o)
Root for “chest”
thorac(o)
Root for “tonsils”
tonsill(o)
Root for “trachea, windpipe”
trache(o)
Suffix for “condition”
-ema
Suffix for “smell”
-osmia
Suffix for “breathing”
-pnea
Suffix for “spitting”
-ptysis
Suffix for “pulse”
-sphyxia
Suffix for “pleural cavity, chest”
-thorax
