suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-blast
A
embryonic, immature
2
Q
-crine
A
to secrete
3
Q
-drome
A
to run
4
Q
-fusion
A
coming together, to pour
5
Q
-gea
A
substance that produces
6
Q
-lapse
A
to slide, fall, sag
7
Q
-lysis
A
breakdown, destruction, separation
8
Q
-meter
A
to measure
9
Q
-mission
A
to send
10
Q
-or
A
one who
11
Q
-oxia
A
oxygen
12
Q
-partum
A
birth, labor
13
Q
-phoria
A
to bear, carry, feeling
14
Q
-physis
A
to grow
15
Q
-plasia
A
development, formation, growth
16
Q
-plasm
A
structure or formation
17
Q
-pnea
A
breathing
18
Q
-ptosis
A
falling, dropping, prolapse
19
Q
-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
20
Q
-stasis
A
stopping, controlling
21
Q
-trophy
A
development, nourishment
22
Q
arthr/itis
A
inflammation of joint
23
Q
blephar/o/ptosis
A
drooping eyelid
24
Q
isch/emia
A
loss of normal blood flow
25
oste/o/genic
produced by bone tissue
26
staphyl/o/cocci
berry-shaped bacteria that grow in clusters
27
Erythrocytes
red blood cells
28
Leukocytes
white blood cells
29
Thrombocytes or platelets
clotting cells
30
cyt/o
cell
31
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
32
electr/o
electricity
33
encephal/o
brain
34
enter/o
intestines
35
erythr/o
red
36
gastr/o
stomach
37
gnos/o
knowledge
38
glyc/o
sugar
39
gynec/o
woman, female
40
hemat/o, hem/o
blood
41
hepat/o
liver
42
iatr/o
treatment, physician
43
leuk/o
white
44
log/o
study of
45
nephr/o
kidney
46
neur/o
nerve
47
abdomin/o
abdomen
48
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
49
acu/o
sharp, severe sudden
50
aden/o
gland
51
adip/o
fat
52
amni/o
amnion
53
angi/o
vessel
54
ateri/o
artery
55
arthr/o
joint
56
axill/o
armpit
57
bi/o
life
58
blephar/o
eyelid
59
bronch/o
bronchial tubes
60
chem/o
drug, chemical
61
chondr/o
cartilage
62
chron/o
time
63
col/o
colon (large intestine)
64
encephal/o
brain
65
erythr/o
red
66
hem/o
blood
67
hepat/o
liver
68
hydr/o
water, fluid
69
inguin/o
groin
70
isch/o
to hold back
71
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
72
laryng/o
larynx
73
leuk/o
white
74
lymph/o
lymph
75
mamm/o
breast
76
mast/o
breast
77
morph/o
shape, form
78
muc/o
mucus
79
my/o
muscle
80
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
81
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
82
nephr/o
kidney
83
neur/o
nerve
84
neutr/o
neutrophil
85
nucle/o
nucleus
86
ophthalm/o
eye
87
oste/o
bone
88
ot/o
ear
89
path/o
disease
90
peritone/o
peritoneum
91
phag/o
to eat, swallow
92
phleb/o
vein
93
plas/o
formation, development
94
pleur/o
pleura
95
pneumon/o, pulmon/o
lungs
96
radi/o
x-rays
97
rect/o
rectum
98
ren/o
kidney
99
rhin/o
nose
100
sarc/o
flesh
101
splen/o
spleen
102
staphyl/o
clusters
103
strept/o
twisted chain
104
thorac/o
chest
105
thromb/o
clot
106
tonsill/o
tonsils
107
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
