Chapter 3 - Suffixes Flashcards by Karolina S

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amni/o

A

amnion (sac of fluid)

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angi/o

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vessel (blood vessel)

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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plaque

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axill/o

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armpit

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bronchi/o

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bronchial tube

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chem/o

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drug; chemical

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon

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crani/o

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skull

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cry/o

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cold

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder; sac, fluid, cyst

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hyster/o

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uterus

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inguin/o

A

groin

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isch/o

A

to hold back

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laryng/o

A

voice box

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mamm/o

A

breast (use with: -ARY, -GRAPHY, -GRAM, -PLASTY)

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mast/o

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breast (use with: -ECTOMY, ITIS)-

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men/o

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menses; month

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mening/o

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meninges

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord

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necr/o

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death (of cells)

oophor/o

ovary

ot/o

ear

phleb/o

vein

pneumon/o

lung

pulmon/o

lung

salping/o

fallopian tube

septic/o

pertaining to infection

tonsill/o

tonsil

ur/o

urine or urea; urinary tract

vascul/o

blood vessel

MEGALY

enlargement

PATHY

disease condition

RRHEA

flow, discharge

RRHAGE/RRHAGIA

excessive discharge of blood

SCLEROSIS

hardening

URIA

condition of urine

ARY

pertaining to

CENTESIS

surgical puncture to remove fluid

GRAPHY

process of recording

LYSIS

separation, breakdown, destruction

PLASTY

surgical repair, or surgical correction

STOMY

opening

THERAPY

treatment