Chapter 3 Flashcards
suffixes (Plus new combining forms) (68 cards)
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
2
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
3
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amni/o
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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
4
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angi/o
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vessel
5
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arteri/o
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artery
6
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axill/o
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armpit
7
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blephar/o
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eyelid
8
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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)
9
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chem/o
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drug, chemical
10
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chron/o
A
time
11
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col/o
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colon (large intestine)
12
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hydr/o
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water, fluid
13
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isch/o
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to hold back
14
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
15
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lymph/o
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lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body.
16
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mamm/o
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breast
17
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mast/o
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breast
18
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morph/o
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shape, form
19
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muc/o
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mucus
20
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my/o
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muscle
21
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myel/o
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spinal cord; bone marrow
(context of usage indicates the meaning intended)
22
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necr/o
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death (of cells or whole body)
23
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neutr/o
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neutrophil (white blood cell)
24
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opi/o
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opium
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ot/o
ear
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phag/o
to eat, to swallow
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phleb/o
vein
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plas/o
formation, development
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pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
30
pneumon/o
lungs
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pulmon/
lungs
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rect/o
rectum
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splen/o
spleen
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staphyl/o
clusters
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strept/o
twisted chains
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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ven/o
vein
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-cele
hernia
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-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus (singular)
-cocci (plural)
berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria)
41
-dynia
pain
42
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
43
-graph
instrument for recording
44
-graphy
process of recording
45
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
46
-malacia
softening
47
-megaly
enlargement
48
-penia
deficiency
49
-phobia
fear
50
-plasia
development, formation, growth
51
-plasty
surgical repair
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-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
54
-sclerosis
hardening
55
-stasis
controlling, stopping
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-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
57
-therapy
treatment
58
-trophy
development, nourishment
59
-er
one who
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-ia
condition
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-oid
resembling, derived from
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-ole
little, small
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-ule
little, small
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-um, -ium
structure, tissue
65
-us
structure, substance
66
-ar
pertaining to
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-ary
pertaining to
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-tic
pertaining to
