week 2: hybrid suffixes Flashcards

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1
Q

aden/o

A

gland

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2
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amni/o

A

amnion
(sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

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3
Q

angi/o

A

vessel
(usually a blood vessel)

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4
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arteri/o

A

artery

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5
Q

arthr/o

A

joint

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6
Q

ather/o

A

plaque
(yellow fatty material)

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7
Q

axill/o

A

armpit
(underarm)

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8
Q

bronch/o

A

bronchial tube

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9
Q

bronchi/o

A

bronchial tube

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10
Q

carcin/o

A

cancerous

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11
Q

cardi/o

A

heart

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12
Q

chem/o

A

drug
also chemical

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13
Q

cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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14
Q

chron/o

A

time

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15
Q

col/o

A

colon
(large intesting or bowel)

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16
Q

coron/o

A

heart
crown

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17
Q

crani/o

A

skull

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18
Q

cry/o

A

cold

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19
Q

cyst/o

A

urinary bladder
also a sac fluid or a cyst

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20
Q

electr/o

A

electricity

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21
Q

encephal/o

A

brain

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22
Q

erythr/o

A

red

23
Q

esophag/o

A

esophagus
(tube leading from the throat to the stomach)

24
Q

hyster/o

A

uterus

25
Q

inguin/o

A

groin

26
Q

isch/o

A

to hold back

27
Q

lapar/o

A

abdomen

28
Q

laryng/o

A

larynx
voice box

29
Q

mamm/o

A

breast
(use with
-ary
-graphy
-gram
-plasty)

30
Q

mast/o

A

breast
(use with
-ectomy
-itis)

31
Q

men/o

A

menses (menstruation)

32
Q

mening/o

A

meninges

33
Q

my/o

A

muscle

34
Q

myel/o

A

spinal cord

35
Q

necr/o

A

death

36
Q

nephr/o

A

kidney

37
Q

neur/o

A

nerve

38
Q

oophor/o

A

ovary

39
Q

oste/o

A

bone

40
Q

ot/o

A

ear

41
Q

pelv/o

A

hip area

42
Q

peritone/o

A

peritoneum

43
Q

phleb/o

A

vein

44
Q

pneumon/o

A

lung

45
Q

pulmon/o

A

lung

46
Q

radi/o

A

x-rays

47
Q

salping/o

A

fallopian tube

48
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh

49
Q

septic/o

A

pertaining to function

50
Q

thorac/o

A

chest

51
Q

tonsill/o

A

tonsil

52
Q

trache/o

A

trachea
windpipe

53
Q

ur/o

A

urine
urea

54
Q

vascul/o

A

blood vessel