Chapter 3: Suffixes Flashcards
(56 cards)
1
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
2
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
3
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
4
Q
chem/o
A
drug, chemical
5
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
6
Q
hem/o
A
blood
7
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen, abdominal wall
8
Q
morph/o
A
shape, form
9
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord, bone marrow
10
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
11
Q
path/o
A
disease
12
Q
phleb/o
A
vein
13
Q
plas/o
A
formation, development
14
Q
pneumon/o
A
lungs
15
Q
ren/o
A
kidney
16
Q
staphyl/o
A
clusters
17
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strept/o
A
twisted chains
18
Q
-cele
A
hernia
19
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
20
Q
-coccus, -cocci
A
berry-shaped bacterium
21
Q
-dynia
A
pain
22
Q
-ectomy
A
removal, excision
23
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
24
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-genesis
A
condition of producing, forming
25
-gram
record
26
-graph
instrument for recording
27
-graphy
process of recording
28
-logy
study of
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction
30
-malacia
softening
31
-megaly
enlargement
32
-oma
tumor, mass
33
-opsy
to view
34
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
35
-pathy
disease, condition
36
-penia
deficiency
37
-plasia
development, formation, growth
38
-plasty
surgical repair
39
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolaspe
40
-sclerosis
hardening
41
-scope
instrument for visual examination
42
-scopy
process of visual examination
43
-stasis
controlling, stopping
44
-stomy
opening to form a mouth
45
-therapy
treatment
46
-trophy
development, nourishment
47
-er
one who
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-ia
condition
49
-ole
little, small
50
-ule
little, small
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um, -ium
structure, tissue
52
-us
structure, substance
53
-y
condition, process
54
-ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ose, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
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-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by, or in
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-oid
resembling
