Chapter 3 Combining Forms/suffixes Flashcards by Elizabeth Laughlin

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Abdomin/o

A

Abdomen

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Acr/o

A

Extremities, top, extreme point

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Acu/o

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Sharp, severe, sudden

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Aden/o

A

Gland

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Amni/o

A

Amnion

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Angi/o

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Vessel

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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ARTHR/o

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Joint

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Axill/o

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Armpit

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Bi/o

A

Life

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BLEPHAR/o

A

Eyelid

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Bronch/o

A

Bronchial tunes

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Carcin/o

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Cancer

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Chem/o

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Drug, chemical

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Chron/o

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Cartilage

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Chron/o

A

Time

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Col/o

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Colon (large intestine)

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder

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ENCEPHAL/0

A

Brain

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ERYTHR/o

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Red

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HEM/0

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Blood

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HEAPT/0

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Liver

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HYDR/0

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Water, fluid

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INGURIN/0

Groin

ISCH/0

To hold back

LAPAR/0

Abdomen, abdominal wall

LARYNG/0

Larynx

LEUK/0

White

LYMPH/0

Lymph

Mamm/o

Breast

Mast/o

Breast

Morph/o

Shape, form

Muc/o

Mucus

My/o

Muscle

MYEL/0

Spinal cord, bone marrow

NECR/0

Death, of cells or whole body

NEPHR/0

Kidney

NEUR/0

Nerve

NEUTr/o

Neutrophil

NUCLE/0

Nucleus

OPHTHALM/0

Eye

OSTE/0

Bone

OT/0

Ear

PATH/0

Disease

PERITONE/0

Peritoneum

PHAG/0

To eat, swallow

Phleb/0

Vein

Plans/o

Formation, development

Pleur/o

Pleura

Pneumon/o

Lungs

RADI/o

X-rays

Rect/o

Rectum

Ren/o

Kidney

RHIN/o

Nose

SARC/o

Flesh

Splen/o

Spleen

Staphyl/o

Clusters

Strept/o

Twisted chains

Thorac/o

Chest

THROMB/o

Clot

Tonsill/o

Tonsils

Trache/o

Trachea (windpipe)

Ven/o

Vein

-algia

Pain

-cele

Hernia

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-coccus/cocci

Berry-shaped bacterium

-cyte

Cell

-dynia

Pain

-ectomy

Excision,removal,resection

-emia

Blood condition

-genesis

Condition of producing, forming

-gram

Record

-graph

Instrument for recording

-graphy

Process of recording

-itis

Inflammation

-logy

Study of

-lysis

Breakdown, destruction, separation

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-oma

Tumor, mass, collection of fluid

-opsy

To view

-osis

Condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

Disease condition

-penia

Deficiency

-phobia

Fear

-plasia

Development, formation, growth

-plasty

Surgical repair

-ptosis

Drooping, falling, prolapse

-rrhea

Flow, discharge

-sclerosis

Hardening

-scope

Instrument for visual examination

-scopy

Process of visual examination

-stasis

Controlling, stopping

-stomy

Opening to form a mouth stoma

-therapy

Treatment

-trophy

Development, Nourishment

-er

One who

-is

Condition

-ist

Specialist

- ole | - ule

Little, small

- um | - ium

Structure, tissue

-us

Structure, substance

-y

Condition, process

- ac, -iac - al - ar - eal

Pertaining to

-genic

Pertaining to producing, produced by, or in

- ic, -iCal - ous - tic

Pertaining to

-oid

Resembling

-ose

Pertaining to, full of