Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, sever, sudden
4
Q
adip/o
A
fat
5
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
6
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
7
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
8
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
9
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
10
Q
bi/o
A
life
11
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
12
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from tranchea to enter lungs)
13
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
14
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
15
Q
chem/o
A
drug, chemical
16
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
17
Q
chron/o
A
time
18
Q
col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
19
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
20
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
21
Q
erythr/o
A
red
22
Q
hem/o
A
blood
23
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
24
Q
hydr/o
A
water, fluid
25
inguin/o
groin
26
ischo/o
to hold back
27
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
28
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
29
leuk/o
white
30
lymph/o
lymph (a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)
31
mamm/o
breast
32
mast/o
breast
33
morph/o
shape/ form
34
muc/o
mucus
35
my/o
muscle
36
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
| context of usage indicate the meaning intended.
37
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
38
nephr/o
kidney
39
neur/o
nerve
40
neutro/o
neutrophil ( a white blood cell)
41
nucle/o
nucleus
42
ophthalm/o
eye
43
oste/o
bone
44
ot/o
ear
45
path/o
disease
46
peritone/o
peritoneum
47
phag/o
to eat, swallow
48
phleb/o
vein
49
plas/o
formation, development
50
pleur/o
pleura (membrane)
51
pneumon/o
lungs
52
pulmon/o
lungs
53
radi/o
x-rays
54
rect/o
rectum
55
ren/o
kidney
56
rhin/o
nose
57
sarc/o
flesh
58
spen/o
spleen
59
staphyl/o
clusters
60
strept/o
twisted chains
61
thorac/o
chest
62
thromb/o
clot
63
tonsill/o
tonsils
64
tranche/o
tranchea (windpipe)
65
ven/o
vein
66
-algia
pain
67
-cele
hernia
68
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
69
-coccus
berry shaped bacterium(single0
70
-cocci
berry-shaped bacteria (plural)
71
-cyte
cell
72
-dynia
pain
73
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
74
-emia
blood condition
75
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
