Chapter 3 - Suffixes Flashcards
(75 cards)
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
Q
adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
10
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
11
Q
bi/o
A
life
12
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
14
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
15
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
16
Q
chemo/o
A
drug, chemical
17
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
18
Q
chron/o
A
time
19
Q
col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
20
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
21
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
22
Q
erythr/o
A
red
23
Q
hem/o
A
blood
24
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
25
hydr/o
water, fluid
26
inguin/o
groin
27
isch/o
to hold back
28
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
29
laryng/o
larynx
30
leuk/o
white
31
lymph/o
lymph (Clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body.)
32
mamm/o
breast
33
mast/o
breast
34
morph/o
shape, form
35
my/o
muscle
36
myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
37
necr/o
death
38
nephr/o
kidney
39
neur/o
nerve
40
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
41
nucle/o
nucleus
42
ophthalm/o
eye
43
opi/o
opium
44
oste/o
bone
45
ot/o
ear
46
path/o
disease
47
peritone/o
peritoneum
48
phag/o
to eat, swallow
49
phleb/o
vein
50
plas/o
formation, development
51
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
52
pheumon/o
lungs
53
pulmon/o
lungs
54
radi/o
x-rays
55
rect/o
rectum
56
ren/o
kidney
57
rhin/o
nose
58
sarc/o
flesh
59
splen/o
spleen
60
staphyl/o
clusters
61
strept/o
twisted chains
62
thorac/o
chest
63
thromb/o
clot
64
tonsill/o
tonsils
65
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
66
ven/o
vein
67
-algia
pain
68
-cele
hernia
69
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
70
- coccus (singular)
| - cocci (plural)
berry shaped bacterium
| plural bacteria
71
staph
bacteria in clusters
72
-cyte
cell
73
-dynia
pain
74
-ectomy
excision, removal, resction
75
-emia
blood condition
