week 2: hybrid suffixes Flashcards
(54 cards)
1
Q
aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
amni/o
A
amnion
(sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
3
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
(usually a blood vessel)
4
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
5
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
6
Q
ather/o
A
plaque
(yellow fatty material)
7
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
(underarm)
8
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tube
9
Q
bronchi/o
A
bronchial tube
10
Q
carcin/o
A
cancerous
11
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
12
Q
chem/o
A
drug
also chemical
13
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
14
Q
chron/o
A
time
15
Q
col/o
A
colon
(large intesting or bowel)
16
Q
coron/o
A
heart
crown
17
Q
crani/o
A
skull
18
Q
cry/o
A
cold
19
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
also a sac fluid or a cyst
20
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
21
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
22
Q
erythr/o
A
red
23
Q
esophag/o
A
esophagus
(tube leading from the throat to the stomach)
24
Q
hyster/o
A
uterus
25
inguin/o
groin
26
isch/o
to hold back
27
lapar/o
abdomen
28
laryng/o
larynx
voice box
29
mamm/o
breast
(use with
-ary
-graphy
-gram
-plasty)
30
mast/o
breast
(use with
-ectomy
-itis)
31
men/o
menses (menstruation)
32
mening/o
meninges
33
my/o
muscle
34
myel/o
spinal cord
35
necr/o
death
36
nephr/o
kidney
37
neur/o
nerve
38
oophor/o
ovary
39
oste/o
bone
40
ot/o
ear
41
pelv/o
hip area
42
peritone/o
peritoneum
43
phleb/o
vein
44
pneumon/o
lung
45
pulmon/o
lung
46
radi/o
x-rays
47
salping/o
fallopian tube
48
sarc/o
flesh
49
septic/o
pertaining to function
50
thorac/o
chest
51
tonsill/o
tonsil
52
trache/o
trachea
windpipe
53
ur/o
urine
urea
54
vascul/o
blood vessel
