Chapter 4-Combining Forms/Suffixes Flashcards
(38 cards)
1
Q
carp/o
A
wrist bones
2
Q
cost/o
A
rib
3
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
4
Q
dactyl/o
A
fingers, toes
5
Q
duct/o
A
lead, carry
6
Q
flex/o
A
bend
7
Q
furc/o
A
branching
8
Q
gloss/o
A
tongue
9
Q
immun/o
A
protection
10
Q
mort/o
A
death
11
Q
nat/i
A
birth
12
Q
norm/o
A
rule, order
13
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
14
Q
pub/o
A
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic/hip bone
15
Q
seps/o
A
infection
16
Q
somn/o
A
sleep
17
Q
son/o
A
sound
18
Q
tens/o
A
force, strain, stretch
19
Q
the/o
A
put, place
20
Q
thel/o, theli/o
A
nipple
21
Q
thyr/o
A
thyroid gland
the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it
22
Q
top/o
A
place, position, location
23
Q
tox/o
A
poison
24
Q
urethr/o
A
urethra
25
-crine
secrete
26
-drome
run
27
-fusion
coming together; pour
28
-gen
substance that produces
29
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
30
-meter
measure
31
-mission
send
32
-or
one who
33
-oxia
oxygen
34
-partum
birth, labor
35
-phoria
bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
36
-physis
grow
37
-pnea
breathing
38
-ptom
happening, occurrence
