Exam 4 Roots and Suffixes Flashcards
Root for “base”
bas(o)
Root for “color”
chrom(o)
Root for “clotting”
coagul(o)
Root for “cell”
cyt(o)
Root for “red, dawn, rosy”
eosin(o)
Root for “red”
erythr(o)
Root for “blood” (2)
hem(o), hemat(o)
Root for “hemoglobin”
hemoglobin(o)
Root for “same, equal”
is(o)
Root for “nucleus” (2)
kary(o), nucle(o)
Root for “white”
leuk(o)
Root for “one, single”
mon(o)
Root for “shape, form”
morph(o)
Root for “bone marrow”
myel(o)
Root for “neutral”
neutr(o)
Root for “eat, swallow”
phag(o)
Root for “varied, irregular”
poikil(o)
Root for “iron”
sider(o)
Root for “globe, round”
spher(o)
Root for “clot”
thromb(o)
Suffix for “removal”
-apheresis
Suffix for “embryonic, immature cell”
-blast
Suffix for “cell”
-cyte
Suffix for “abnormal condition of cells, slight increase in number”
-cytosis
Suffix for “blood condition”
-emia
Suffix for “substance that produces”
-gen
Suffix for “protein”
-globin, -globulin
Suffix for “reducing, destroying, separating, breakdown”
-lytic
Suffix for “derived from, related to, resembling, or originating from”
-oid
Suffix for “condition, usually abnormal”
-osis
Suffix for “deficiency”
-penia
Suffix for “eat, swallow”
-phage
Suffix for “attraction for”
-philia
Suffix for “carrying, transmission”
-phoresis
Suffix for “formation”
-poiesis
Root for “protection”
-immun(o)
Suffix for “stopping, controlling, placing”
-stasis
Root for “lymph”
lymph(o)
Root for “lymph node”
lymphaden(o)
Root for “spleen”
splen(o)
Root for “thymus gland”
thym(o)
Root for “poison”
tox(o)
Prefix for “again, anew”
ana-
Prefix for “between”
inter-
Root for “calcium”
calc(o), calci(o)
Root for “posterior curvature in thoracic region”
kyph(o)
Root for “lamina”
lamin(o)
Root for “curve”
lord(o)
Root for “loins, lower back”
lumb(o)
Root for “bone marrow”
myel(o)
Root for “straight”
orth(o)
Root for “bone”
oste(o)
Root for “crooked”
scoli(o)
Root for “vertebra” (2)
spondyl(o), vertebr(o)
Suffix for “embryonic cell”
-blast
Suffix for “to break”
-clast
Suffix for “slipping”
-listhesis
Suffix for “softening”
-malacia
Suffix for “to grow”
-physis
Suffix for “pore, passage”
-porosis
Suffix for “instrument to cut”
-tome
Root for “acetabulum/hip socket”
acetabul(o)
Root for “calcaneus/heel”
calcane(o)
Root for “carpals/wrist bones”
carp(o)
Root for “clavicle/collar bone”
clavicul(o)
Root for “ribs”
cost(o)
Root for “cranium/skull”
crani(o)
Root for “femur”
femor(o)
Root for “fibula” (2)
fibul(o), perone(o)
Root for “humerus”
humer(o)
Root for “ilium”
ili(o)
Root for “ischium”
ischi(o)
Root for “malleolus”
malleol(o)
Root for “mandible”
mandiul(o)
Root for “maxilla”
maxill(o)
Root for “metacarpals”
metacarp(o)
Root for “metatarsals”
metatars(o)
Root for “olecranon/elbow”
olecran(o)
Root for “patella/kneecap”
patell(o)
Root for “pelvis”
pelv(i)
Root for “phalanges”
phalang(o)
Root for “pubis”
pub(o)
Root for “radius”
radi(o)
Root for “scapula/shoulder blade”
scapul(o)
Root for “sternum”
stern(o)
Root for “tarsals”
tars(o)
Root for “tibia”
tibi(o)
Root for “ulna”
uln(o)
Root for “stiff”
ankyl(o)
Root for “joint” (2)
arthr(o), articul(o)
Root for “bursa”
burs(o)
Root for “cartilage”
chondr(o)
Root for “ligament”
ligament(o)
Root for “watery flow”
rheumat(o)
Root for “synovial membrane”
synov(o)
Root for “tendon”
ten(o), tendin(o)
Suffix for “to bind, tie together”
-desis
Suffix for “narrowing”
-stenosis
Root for “fascia”
fasci(o)
Root for “fibrous”
fibr(o)
Root for “smooth muscle”
leiomy(o)
Root for “heart muscle”
myocardi(o)
Root for “muscle” (2)
my(o), myos(o)
Root for “sole of the foot”
plant(o)
Root for “skeletal muscle connected to bones”
rhabdomy(o)
Root for “muscles, flesh”
sarc(o)
Suffix for “lack of strength”
-asthenia
Suffix for “development, nourishment”
-trophy
Prefix for “away from”
ab-
Prefix for “toward”
ad-
Prefix for “back”
dorsi-
Prefix for “many, much”
poly-
Root for “fat” (3)
adip(o), lip(o), steat(o)
Root for “white” (2)
albin(o), leuk(o)
Root for “burn, burning”
caus(o)
Root for “heat, burn”
cauter(o)
Root for “skin” (3)
cutane(o), derm(o), dermat(o)
Root for “profuse sweating”
diaphor(o)
Root for “redness” (2)
erythem(o), erythemat(o)
Root for “sweat”
hidr(o)
Root for “scaly, dry”
ichthy(o)
Root for “hard, horny tissue” (ew)
kerat(o)
Root for “black”
melan(o)
Root for “fungus”
myc(o)
Root for “nail” (2)
onych(o), ungu(o)
Root for “plant”
phyt(o)
Root for “hair, hair follicle” (2)
pil(o), trich(o)
Root for “pus”
py(o)
Root for “wrinkle”
rhythid(o)
Root for “sebum”
seb(o)
Root for “scale-like”
squam(o)
Root for “yellow”
xanth(o)
Root for “dry”
xer(o)
