Chapter 4 - Combining Forms and Suffixes Flashcards
(69 cards)
1
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abdomen
A
abdomin/o
2
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anus (opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body)
A
an/o
3
Q
life
A
bi/o
4
Q
heart
A
cardi/o
5
Q
carpals (wrist bones)
A
carp/o
6
Q
to cut
A
cis/o
7
Q
ribs
A
cost/o
8
Q
skull
A
crani/o
9
Q
skin
A
cutane/o
10
Q
dura meter (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord)
A
dur/o
11
Q
to produce, begin
A
gen/o
12
Q
sugar
A
glyc/o
13
Q
blood
A
hemat/o
14
Q
side
A
later/o
15
Q
menses (monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus)
A
men/o
16
Q
birth
A
nat/i
17
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nerve
A
neur/o
18
Q
rule, order
A
norm/o
19
Q
bone
A
oste/o
20
Q
peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen)
A
peritone/o
21
Q
formation, growth, development
A
plas/o
22
Q
kidney
A
ren/o
23
Q
scapula (shoulder blade)
A
scapul/o
24
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sound
A
son/o
25
thyroid gland
thyroid/o
26
to put, place, position
top/o
27
development, nourishment
troph/o
28
urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body)
urethr/o
29
uterus
uter/o
30
vein
ven/o
31
vertebra (backbone)
vertebr/o
32
pertaining to
-al
33
process, condition
-ation
34
process of cutting
-cison
35
secretion
-crine
36
thirst
-dipsia
37
blood condition
-emia
38
to produce
-gen
39
process of recording
-graphy
40
condition
-ia
41
pertaining to
-ic
42
pertaining to
-ine
43
condition, process
-sim
44
to fall, slide
-lapse
45
loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
-lysis
46
to measure
-meter
47
to send
-mission
48
death
-mortem
49
tumor, mass
-oma
50
pertaining to
-ous
51
birth
-partum
52
disease
-pathy
53
eating
-phagia
54
speech
-phasia
55
formation (condition)
-plasia
56
formation (tissue)
-plasm
57
paralysis
-plegia
58
breathing
-pnea
59
flow, discharge
-rrhea
60
process of visual examination
-scopy
61
to cut
-section
62
to stand, place, stop, control
-statis
63
pressure
-tension
64
to put, place (state of putting or placing)
-thesis
65
pertaining to
-tic
66
nourishment; development
-trophy
67
structure
-um
68
urine condition
-uria
69
process, condition
-y
