Chp 3- Suffixes Flashcards
(113 cards)
1
Q
acr/o
A
extremities/ top/ extreme point
2
Q
acu/o
A
sharp/ severe/ sudden
3
Q
amin/o
A
amnion
4
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
5
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
6
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
7
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
8
Q
bi/o
A
life
9
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
10
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
11
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
12
Q
chron/o
A
time
13
Q
col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
14
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
15
Q
erythr/o
A
red
16
Q
hem/o
A
blood
17
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
18
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
19
Q
lapar/o
A
abdominal wall
20
Q
leuk/o
A
white
21
Q
lymph/o
A
lymph
22
Q
mamm/o
A
breast
23
Q
mast/o
A
breast
24
Q
morph/o
A
shape/form
25
muc/o
mucus
26
my/o
muscle
27
myel/o
spinal cord/ bone marrow
28
necr/o
death (of cells of whole body)
29
nephr/o
kidney
30
neur/o
nerve
31
neutr/o
neutrophil
32
nucle/o
nucleus
33
ophthalm/o
eye
34
oste/o
bone
35
ot/o
ear
36
path/o
disease
37
peritone/o
peritoneum
38
phag/o
to eat/ swallow
39
phleb/o
vein
40
plas/o
formation/ development
41
pleur/o
pleura
42
pneumon/o
lungs
43
pulmon/o
lungs
44
radi/o
X-rays
45
rect/o
rectum
46
ren/o
kidney
47
rhin/o
nose
48
staphyl/o
clusters
49
strept/o
twisted chains
50
thromb/o
clot
51
ven/o
vein
52
-algia
pain (myalgia: muscle pain)
53
-cele
Hernia (rectocele: hernia in rectum)
54
-centesis
(surgical) puncture to remove fluid (aminocentesis: puncture to amnionic membrane to remove fluid)
55
-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium
56
-cyte
cell
57
-dynia
pain
58
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
59
-emia
blood condition
60
-genesis
condition of producing/ forming
61
-gram
record
62
-graph
instrument for recording
63
-graphy
process of recording
64
-itis
inflammation
65
-logy
study of
66
-lysis
breakdown/destruction/seperation
67
-malacia
softening
68
-megaly
enlargement
69
-oma
tumor/mass/collection of fluid
70
-opsy
to view
71
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
72
-pathy
disease condition
73
-penia
deficiency
74
-phobia
fear
75
plasia
development/ formation/ growth
76
-plasty
surgical repair
77
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
78
-rrhea
flow, discharge
79
-sclerosis
hardening
80
-scope
instrument for visual examination
81
-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
82
-stasis
controlling, stopping
83
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
84
-therapy
treatment
85
-tomy
incision, cutting into
86
-trophy
development, nourishment
87
-er
one who
88
-ia
condition
89
-ist
specialist
90
-ole
little/small
91
-ule
little/ small
92
-um, -ium
structure/ tissue
93
-us
structure/ substance
94
-y
condition, process
95
-ac, -iac
Pertaining to
96
-al
Pertaining to
97
-ar
Pertaining to
98
-ary
Pertaining to
99
-eal
Pertaining to
100
-genic
Pertaining to , producing, produced by or in
101
-ic, ical
Pertaining to
102
-oid
resembling
103
-ose
Pertaining to , full of
104
-ous
Pertaining to
105
-tic
Pertaining to
106
Erythrocyte
- red blood cells
- made in bone marrow
- carry O2 from lungs to all body cells
- hemoglobin: blood protein
107
leukocyte
- white blood cells
- 5 different of leukocytes divided into 2 categories (granulocytes and mononuclear leukocytes)
108
3 types of ganrulocytes
- Eosinophils
- Basophils
- Neutrophils
109
2 types of Mononuclear cells
- lymphocytes
- monocytes
110
Thrombocytes
- aka platelets
- tiny fragments of blood cells that are formed in bone marrow
- necessary for blood clotting
111
Acromegaly
- Endocrine disorder
- pituitary produces excessive amount of GH after completion of puberty
- benign tumor of pituitary
- normal height, large hands, feet and face
112
laparoscopy
- minimally invasive surgery
- visual examination of abdominal cavity with laparoscope
- insert in abdomen near navel
- examine abdominal viscera
113
adenoids
- small masses of lymphatic tissue
- pharynx near nose and nasal passage
- "resembling gland" neither endocrine/exocrine glands
