Suffix and Roots Flashcards
quiz on Tuesday, January 7th (60 cards)
1
Q
poison
A
-toxin
2
Q
abnormally large
A
-megally
3
Q
one who sudies
A
-ist
4
Q
birth
A
-natal
5
Q
involuntary contraction
A
-spasm
6
Q
pertaining to
A
-ic, -ac, -al, -ous
6
Q
recording of
A
-graphy
7
Q
eating, swallowing
A
-phagia
8
Q
destruction of
A
-lysis
9
Q
oxygen
A
-oxia
10
Q
structure, thing
A
-us, -um
11
Q
little, small
A
-ule
12
Q
treatment
A
-therapy
13
Q
pressure
A
-tension
14
Q
stop
A
-suppression
15
Q
instrument used to keep something stationary
A
-stat
16
Q
state of, condition
A
-sis
17
Q
receiver
A
-receptor
18
Q
paralysis
A
-plegia
19
Q
fear
A
-phobia
20
Q
cell
A
-cyte
21
Q
surgical removal
A
-ectomy
22
Q
breathing
A
-pnea
23
Q
inflammation
A
-itis
24
study of
-logy
25
tumor
-oma
26
deficiency of
-penia
27
instrument used for examining
-scope
28
cutting, a cut, incision
-tomy
29
sharp, sudden
acu/acuo
30
white
alb/albo
31
blood vessel
angi/angio
32
nervous, uneasy
anxi/anxio
33
drug
chem/chemo
34
skin
cutane/cutaneo
35
to lead, carry
duct/ducto
36
nervous sensation
esthesi/esthesio, esthes/estheso
37
bend
flex, flexo
38
performance
funct/functo
39
heart
cardi/cardio
40
head
cephal/cephalo
41
teeth
dent/denti,dent/dento
42
mammary gland
mamm/mamma, mamm/mammo
43
nose
nas/naso
44
eye
ophthalm/ophthalmo
45
ears
ot/oto
46
chest
steth/stetho
47
thorax
thorac/thoraco
48
trachea
trachea/tracheo
49
skin
derm/dermo, dermat/dermati
50
peritoneum
peritone/peritoneo
51
water
hydr/hydro
52
abdomen
abdomin/abdomino
53
red blood cell
erythr/erythro
54
urinary system
ur/uro
55
liver
hepat/hepato
56
feces
copr/copro
57
blue
cyan/cyano
58
intestines
entr/entro
59
gums
gingiv/gingivo
