Chapter 3: Suffixes Flashcards
(73 cards)
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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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amni/o
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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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angi/o
A
vesselar
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arteri/o
A
artery
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axill/o
A
armpit
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes
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chem/o
A
drugs, chemical
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chron/o
A
time
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col/o
A
colon
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hydr/o
A
water, fluid
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isch/o
A
to hold back
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necr/o
A
death
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lapar/o
A
abdomen, abdominal wall
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lymph/o
A
lymph
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mamm/o
mast/o
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breast
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A
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morph/o
A
shape, form
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muc/o
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mucus
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my/o
A
muscle
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neutr/o
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neutrophil
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myel/o
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spinal cord; bone marrow
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opi/o
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opium
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peritone/o
peritoneum
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nucle/o
nucleus
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ot/o
ear
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phag/o
to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
vein
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plas/o
formation, development
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pleur/o
pleura
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pneumon/o
pulmon/o
lungs
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rect/o
rectum
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splen/o
spleen
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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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-dynia
pain
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-genesis
condition of producing, forming
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-graph
instrument to record
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-graphy
process of recording
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-penia
deficiency
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-plasia
development, growth, formation
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
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-stasis
controlling, stopping
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-stomy
new opening to form a mouth
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-therapy
treatment
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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-er
one who
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-ia
condition
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-ist
specialist
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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
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-us
structure, substance
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-y
condition, process
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-ac,-iac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to
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-ary
pertaining to
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-eal
pertaining to
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-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by
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-ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-ose
pertaining to, full of
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-ous
pertaining to
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-tic
pertaining to
