Suffixes Flashcards
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Acr/o
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Extremities, top, extreme point
1
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Abdomin/o
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Abdomen
2
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Acu/o
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Sharp, severe, sudden
3
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Aden/o
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Gland
4
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Adip/o
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Fat
5
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Amni/o
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Amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
6
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Angi/o
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Vessel
7
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Arteri/o
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Artery
8
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Arthr/o
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Joint
9
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Axill/o
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Armpit
10
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Bi/o
A
Life
11
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Blephar/o
A
Eyelid
12
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Bronch/o
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Bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
13
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Carcin/o
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Cancer
14
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Cardi/o
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Heart
15
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Chem/o
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Drug, chemical
16
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Chondr/o
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Cartilage
17
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Chron/o
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Time
18
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Col/o
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Colon (large intestine)
19
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Cyst/o
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Urinary bladder
20
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Encephal/o
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Brain
21
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Erythr/o
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Red
22
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Hem/o
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Blood
23
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Hepat/o
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Liver
24
Hydr/o
Water, fluid
25
Inguin/o
Groin
26
Isch/o
To hold back
27
Lapar/o
Abdomen, abdominal wall
28
Laryng/o
Larynx
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
37
Necr/o
Death (of cells or whole body)
38
Nephr/o
Kidney
39
Neur/o
Nerve
40
Neutr/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 surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
51
Pneumon/o
Lungs
52
Pulmon/o
Lungs
