Ch 2 Suffixes + Combining Forms Flashcards
1
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Append/o
A
Appendix
2
Q
-ectomy
A
Surgical removal
3
Q
Spondyl/o, vertebr/o
A
Spine
4
Q
Chir/o
A
Hand
5
Q
-er, -ist
A
One who
6
Q
-iatrician
A
Practitioner
7
Q
-logist
A
One who studies; specialist
8
Q
-iatricts, -iatry
A
Medical profession or treatment
9
Q
cardi/o
A
Heart
10
Q
Crin/o
A
To secrete
11
Q
Dermat/o
A
Skin
12
Q
Esthesi/o
A
Feeling or sensation
13
Q
Gastr/o, enter/o
A
Stomach, intestines
14
Q
Ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
A
Elderly
15
Q
Gynec/o
A
Female
16
Q
Immun/o
A
Immune
17
Q
Ne/o, nat/o
A
New, birth
18
Q
Neur/o
A
Nerve
19
Q
Obstetr/o
A
Midwife
20
Q
Onc/o
A
Tumor
21
Q
Ophthalm/o
A
Eye
22
Q
Orth/o, ped/o
A
Straight, child
23
Q
Ot/o, laryng/o
A
Ear, larynx
24
Q
Path/o
A
Disease
25
Ped/o
Child/foot
26
Radi/o
Radiation or radius
27
Rheumat/o
Rheumatism
28
Ur/o
Urinary tract or urine
29
Melan/o
Black
30
Oma
Tumor
31
-centesis
Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
32
-ectomy
Excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
33
-lysis
Process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
34
-pexy
Surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
35
-plasty
Surgical repair
36
-rrhaphy
Suture(uniting a wound by stitches)
37
-scopy
Visual exam w/ a lighted instrument
38
-stomy
Formation of an opening
39
-tome
An instrument used for cutting
40
-tomy
Incision (cutting into tissue)
41
-tripsy
Surgical crushing
42
Amni/o
Amnion
43
Fet/o
Fetus
44
Micro
Small
45
-tripsy
Surgical crushing
46
Extra
Outside
47
Corpor/o
Body
48
Aden/o
Gland
49
Angi/o
Vessel
50
Append/o, appendic/o
Appendix
51
Bi/o
Life or living
52
Blephar/o
Eyelid
53
Cerebr/o, encephal/o
Brain
54
Chir/o
Hand
55
Col/o
Colon or large intestine
56
Faci/o
Face
57
Hepat/o
Liver
58
Mamm/o, mast/o
Breast
59
Muscul/o, my/o
Muscle
60
Myel/o
Bone marrow or spinal cord
61
Oste/o
Bone
62
Pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o
Lungs
63
Tonsil/o
Tonsil
64
Trache/o
Trachea
65
Vas/o
Vessel; ductus deferens
66
-Algia, -dynia
Pain
67
-cele
Hernia
68
-ectasia, -ectasis
Dilation
69
-edema
Swelling
70
-emesis
Vomiting
71
-emia
Condition of the blood
72
-is, -iasis
Condition
73
-malacia
Soft, softening
74
-mania
Excessive preoccupation
75
-megaly
Enlargement
76
-oid
Resembling
77
-osis
Condition
78
-penia
Deficiency
79
-phobia
Abnormal fear
80
-ptosis
Sagging (prolapse)
81
-rrhage, -rrhagia
Excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
82
-rrhea
Flow or discharge
83
-rrhexis
Rupture
84
-spasm
Twitching, cramp
85
-stasis
Stopping, controlling
86
Carcin/o
Cancer
87
-able, -ible
Capable of, able to
88
-ase
Enzyme
89
-eum, -ium
Membrane
90
-iac
One who suffers
91
-opia
Vision
92
-ose
Sugar
93
-y
State or condition
94
Adip/o, lip/o
Fat
95
Amyl/o
Starch
96
Glyc/o
Sugar
97
Hemat/o
Blood
98
Lact/o
Milk
99
Muc/o
Mucus
100
Prote/o, protein/o
Protein
101
Pyr/o
Fire
