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Chp 3 - Terms
Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adeno | gland |
| amnio | amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo |
| angio | vessel (usually a blood vessel) |
| areterio | artery |
| arthro | joint |
| athero | plaque (a yellow, fatty material) |
| axillo | armpit (underarm) |
| broncho/bronchio | bronchial tube |
| carcino | cancerous |
| cardio | heart |
| chemo | drug; also chemical |
| cholecysto | gallbladder |
| chrono | time |
| colo | colon (large intestine or bowel) |
| cranio | skull |
| cryo | cold |
| cysto | urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst |
| electro | electricity |
| encephalo | brain |
| erythro | red |
| esophago | esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach |
| hemo/hemato | blood |
| hepato | liver |
| hystero | uterus |
| inguino | groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body) |
| ischo | to hold back |
| laparo | abdomen (abdominal wall) |
| laryngo | voice box (larynx) |
| leuko | white |
| mammo | breast (use with ary, graphy, gram, and plasty) |
| masto | breast (use with ectomy and itis) |
| meno | menses (menstuation); month |
| menino | meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord) |
| myo | muscle |
| myelo | spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain and located within the spinal column or backbone); also means bone marrow (inner part of bone where blood cells are made) |
| necro | death (of cells) |
| nephro | kidney (use with all suffixes, except al and gram; use reco with al and gram) |
| neuro | nerve |
| oophoro | ovary |
| osteo | bone |
| oto | ear |
| pelvo | hip area |
| periooneo | peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdominal cavity) |
| phlebo | vein |
| pneumono or pulmono | lung |
| radio | x-rays |
| reno | kidney (use with al and gram) |
| rhino | nose |
| salpingo | fallopian (uterine) tube |
| sarco | flesh |
| septico | pertaining to infection |
| thoraco | chest |
| tonsillo | tonsil |
| tracheo | windpipe; trachea |
| uro | urine or urea (waste material); urinary tract |
| vasculo | blood vessel |
| The two groups that suffixes describe are | diagnoses and procedures |
| algia | condition of pain, pain |
| emia | blood condition |
| ia | condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor, mass |
| osis | condition, abnormal condition |
| pathy | disease condition |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrhage or rrhagia | excessive discharge of blood |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| uria | condition of urine |
| al or eal | pertaining to |
| ar | pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| ic | pertaining to |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| ectomy | removal, resection, excision |
| gram | record |
| graphy | process of recording |
| lysis | separation, breakdown, destruction |
| plasty | surgical repair, or surgical correction |
| scopy | process of visual examination |
| stomy | opening |
| therapy | treatment |
| tomy | incision, to cut into |
| Ischemia | deficiency of blood flow to a part of the body, caused by narrowing or obstruction of blood vessels |
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