A&P Chapter 3 - Suffixes Flashcards
1
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abodmin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
Q
adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessle
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthro/o
A
joint
10
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
11
Q
bi/o
A
life
12
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
14
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
15
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
16
Q
chem/o
A
drug, chemical
17
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
18
Q
chron/o
A
time
19
Q
col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
20
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
21
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
22
Q
hem/o
A
blood
23
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
24
Q
hydr/o
A
water, fluid
25
inguin/o
groin
26
isch/o
to hold back
27
lapr/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
28
laryng/o
larynx
29
leuk/o
white
30
lymph/o
lymph
31
mamm/o or mast/o
breast
32
morph/o
shape, form
33
muc/o
mucus
34
my/o
muscle
35
myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
36
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
37
nephr/o
kidney
38
neur/o
nerve
39
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
40
nucle/o
nucleus
41
ophthalm/o
eye
42
opi/o
opium
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 or pulmon/o
lungs
52
radi/o
x-rays
53
rect/o
rectum
54
ren/o
kidney
55
rhin/o
nose
56
sarc/o
flesh
57
splen/o
spleen
58
staphyl/o
clusters
59
strept/o
twisted chains
60
thorac/o
chest
61
thromb/o
clot, clotting
62
tonsill/o
tonsils
63
thrache/o
trachea (windpipe)
64
ven/o
vein
65
-algia
pain
66
-cele
hernia
67
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
68
-coccus (singular) -cocci (plural)
berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria)
69
-cyte
cell
70
-dynia
pain
71
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
72
-emia
blood condition
73
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
74
-gram
record
75
-graph
instrument for recording
76
-graphy
process of recording
77
-itis
inflammation
78
-logy
study of
79
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
80
-malachia
softening
81
-megaly
enlargement
82
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
83
-opsy
to view
84
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
85
-pathy
disease condition
86
-penia
deficiency
87
-phobia
fear
88
-plasia
development, formation, growth
89
-plasty
surgical repair
90
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
91
-rrhea
flow, discharge
92
-sclerosis
hardening
93
-scope
instrument for visual examination
94
-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
95
-stasis
controlling, stopping
96
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
97
-therapy
treatment
98
-tomy
incision, cutting into
99
-trophy
development, nourishment
100
-er
one who
101
-ia
condition
102
-ist
specialist
103
-oid
resembling, derived from
104
-ole or -ule
little, small
105
-um or -ium
structure, tissue
106
-us
structure, substance
107
-y
condition, processs
108
-ac or -iac
pertaining to
109
-al
pertaining to
110
-ar
pertaining to
111
-ary
pertaining to
112
-eal
pertaining to
113
-genic
pertaining to producing
114
-ic or -ical
pertaining to
115
-ose
pertaining to, full of
116
-ous
-pertaining to
117
-tic
pertaining to
