Suffixes Flashcards by Lilibeth Guzman

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abdomin/o

A

abdomen

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acr/o

A

extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

A

sharp, sever, sudden

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adip/o

A

fat

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amni/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

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angi/o

A

vessel

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arteri/o

A

artery

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arthr/o

A

joint

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axill/o

A

armpit

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bi/o

A

life

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blephar/o

A

eyelid

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bronch/o

A

bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from tranchea to enter lungs)

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carcin/o

A

cancer

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cardi/o

A

heart

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chem/o

A

drug, chemical

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chondr/o

A

cartilage

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chron/o

A

time

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col/o

A

colon (large intestine)

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cyst/o

A

urinary bladder

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encephal/o

A

brain

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erythr/o

A

red

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hem/o

A

blood

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hepat/o

A

liver

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hydr/o

A

water, fluid

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inguin/o

A

groin

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ischo/o

A

to hold back

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lapar/o

A

abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

A

larynx (voice box)

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leuk/o

A

white

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lymph/o

A

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

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mamm/o

A

breast

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mast/o

A

breast

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morph/o

A

shape/ form

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muc/o

A

mucus

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my/o

A

muscle

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myel/o

A

spinal cord, bone marrow

context of usage indicate the meaning intended.

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necr/o

A

death (of cells or whole body)

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nephr/o

A

kidney

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neur/o

A

nerve

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neutro/o

A

neutrophil ( a white blood cell)

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nucle/o

A

nucleus

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ophthalm/o

A

eye

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oste/o

A

bone

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ot/o

A

ear

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path/o

A

disease

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peritone/o

A

peritoneum

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phag/o

A

to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

A

vein

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plas/o

A

formation, development

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pleur/o

A

pleura (membrane)

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pneumon/o

A

lungs

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pulmon/o

A

lungs

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radi/o

A

x-rays

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rect/o

A

rectum

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ren/o

A

kidney

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rhin/o

A

nose

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sarc/o

A

flesh

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spen/o

A

spleen

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staphyl/o

A

clusters

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strept/o

A

twisted chains

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thorac/o

A

chest

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thromb/o

A

clot

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tonsill/o

A

tonsils

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tranche/o

A

tranchea (windpipe)

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ven/o

A

vein

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-algia

A

pain

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-cele

A

hernia

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-coccus

A

berry shaped bacterium(single0

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-cocci

A

berry-shaped bacteria (plural)

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-cyte

A

cell

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-dynia

A

pain

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-ectomy

A

excision, removal, resection

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-genesis

A

condition of producing, forming