The Language of Medicine Chap 3 Suffixes
Terms
undefined, object
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- abdomin/o
- abdomen
- acr/o
- extremities, top, extreme point
- acu/o
- sharp, severe, sudden
- aden/o
- gland
- agor/a
- marketplace
- amni/o
- amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
- angi/o
- vessel
- arteri/o
- artery
- arthr/o
- joint
- axill/o
- armpit
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- bronch/o
- bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
- carcin/o
- cancer
- chem/o
- drug, chemical
- chondr/o
- cartilage
- chron/o
- time
- col/o
- colon (large intestine)
- cyst/o
- urinary bladder
- encephal/o
- brain
- hydr/o
- water, fluid
- inguin/o
- groin
- isch/o
- to hold back
- lapar/o
- abdomen, abdominal wall
- laryng/o
- larynx (voice box)
- lymph/o
- lymph
- mamm/o
- breast
- mast/o
- breast
- morph/o
- shape, form
- muc/o
- mucus
- my/o
- muscle
- myel/o
- spinal cord, bone marrow
- necr/o
- death (of cells or whole body)
- nephr/o
- kidney
- neur/o
- nerve
- neutr/o
- neutrophil (a white blood cell)
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- oste/o
- bone
- ot/o
- ear
- path/o
- disease
- peritone/o
- peritoneum
- phag/o
- to eat, swallow
- phleb/o
- vein
- plas/o
- formation, development
- pleur/o
- pleura (membranes surounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles)
- pneumon/o
- lungs
- pulmon/o
- lungs
- rect/o
- rectum
- ren/o
- kidney
- sarc/o
- flesh
- splen/o
- spleen
- staphyl/o
- clusters
- strept/o
- twisted chains
- thorac/o
- chest
- thromb/o
- clot
- tonsill/o
- tonsils
- trache/o
- trachea (windpipe)
- ven/o
- vein
- -algia
- pain
- -cele
- hernia
- -centesis
- surgical puncture to remove fluid
-
-coccus
(plural: cocci) - berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria)
- -cyte
- cell
- -dynia
- pain
- -ectomy
- excision, removal, resection
- -emia
- blood condition
- -genesis
- condition of producing, forming
- -genic
- pertaining to producing, produced by, or in
- -gram
- record
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -itis
- imflammation
- -logy
- study of
- -lysis
- breakdown, destruction, separation
- -malacia
- softening
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -oma
- tumor, mass, collection of fluid
- -opsy
- to view
- -osis
- condition, usually abnormal
- -pathy
- disease condition
- -penia
- deficiency
- -phobia
- fear
- -plasia
- development, formation, growth
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -ptosis
- drooping, sagging, prolapse
- -sclerosis
- hardening
- -scope
- instrument for visual examination
- -scopy
- process of visually examining
- -stasis
- stopping, controlling
- -stomy
- opening to form a mouth (stoma)
- -therapy
- treatment
- -tomy
- incision, to cut into
- -trophy
- development, nourishment
- -er
- one who
- -ia
- condition
- -ist
- specialist
- -ole
- little, small
- -ule
- little, small
- -um, -ium
- structure, tissue, thing
- -y
- condition, process
- -ac, -iac
- pertaining to
- -al
- pertaining to
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -eal
- pertaining to
- -ic, ical
- pertaining to
- -oid
- resembling
- -ose
- pertaining to, full of
- -ous
- pertaining to
- -tic
- pertaining to