Chapter 3 - SUFFIXES Flashcards
(75 cards)
1
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
2
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
3
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amni/o
A
amnion
4
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
5
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
6
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
7
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
8
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes
9
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chem/o
A
chemical, drugs
10
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
11
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chron/o
A
time
12
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col/o
A
colon, large intestine
13
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hydr/o
A
water, fluid
14
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isch/o
A
to hold back
15
Q
lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
16
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laryng/o
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larynx
17
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lymph/o
A
lymph
18
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mamm/o
A
breast
19
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mast/o
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breast
20
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morph/o
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shape, form
21
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muc/o
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mucus
22
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my/o
A
muscle
23
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
24
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necr/o
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death of cells or whole body
25
neutr/o
neutrophil
26
ot/o
ear
27
peritone/o
peritoneum
28
phag/o
to eat, swallow
29
pheleb/o
vein
30
plas/o
formation, development
31
plevr/o
pleura
32
pneumon/o
lungs
33
pulmon/o
lungs
34
rect/o
rectum
35
splen/o
spleen
36
staphyl/o
clusters
37
strept/o
twisted chains
38
tonsill/o
tonsils
39
ven/o
vein
40
-cele
hernia
41
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid (surgical)
42
-coccus, -cocci
berry-shaped bacterium
43
-dynia
pain
44
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
45
-graph
instrument for recording
46
-graphy
process of recording
47
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
48
-malacia
softening
49
-megaly
enlargement
50
-penia
deficiency
51
-phobia
fear
52
-plasia
development, formation, growth
53
-plasty
surgical repair
54
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
55
-rrea
flow, discharge
56
-sclerosis
hardening
57
-stasis
controlling, stopping
58
-stomy
opening to form a mouth
59
-trophy
development, nourishment
60
-er
one who
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-ia
condition
62
-ole
little, small
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-ule
little, small
64
-um, ium
structure, tissue
65
-us
structure, substance
66
-ac, -iac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to
69
-eal
pertaining to
70
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
71
-ous
pertaining to
72
-tic
pertaining to
73
-genic
producing, produced by or in, pertaining to
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-oid
resembling
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-ose
full of, pertaining to
