Chapter 3 (Combining Forms) Flashcards
To identify and define useful diagnostic and procedural suffixes To analyze, spell, and pronounce medical terms that contain diagnostic and procedural suffixes To apply medical terms in real-life situations (46 cards)
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aden/o
A
gland
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amni/o
A
amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo
3
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angi/o
A
vessel (usually a blood vessel)
4
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arteri/o
A
artery
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arthr/o
A
joint
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ather/o
A
plaque (a yellow fatty material)
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axill/o
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armpit (underarm)
8
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bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
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bronchi/o
A
bronchial tube
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carcin/o
A
cancerous
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cardi/o
A
heart
12
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chem/o
A
drug; also chemical
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cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
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chron/o
A
time
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col/o
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colon (large intestine or bowel)
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coron/o
A
heart; crown
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crani/o
A
skull
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cry/o
A
cold
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder, a sac of fluid or a cyst
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electr/o
A
electricity
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encephal/o
A
brain
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erythr/o
A
red
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esophag/o
A
esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach)
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hem/o
A
blood
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hemat/o
blood
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hepat/o
liver
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hyster/o
uterus
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inguin/o
groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)
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isch/o
to hold back
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lapar/o
abdomen (abdominal wall)
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laryng/o
voice box (larynx)
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leuk/o
white
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mamm/o
breast (use with -ARY, -GRAPHY, -GRAM, and -PLASTY)
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mast/o
breast (use with -ECTOMY and -ITIS)
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men/o
menses (menstruation); month
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mening/o
mengines (membranes around the brain and the spinal cord
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o
spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain) also means bone marrow (soft, where blood cells are made)
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necr/o
death (of cells)
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nephr/o
kidney (use with all suffixes except -AL and -GRAM)
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neur/o
nerve
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oophor/o
ovary
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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pelv/o
hip area
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