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Chapter 3
A1 Combining forms and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremities, extreme point, top |
| acut/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| amini/o | aminion (sac surrounding embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | 2 tubes left & right (bronchial)from the trachea to enter the lungs |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen,abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| lymph/o | clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces contained in vessels and nodes throughout the body |
| mamm/o, masto | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucous |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | marrow of the spinal cord |
| necr/o | cells or the whole body |
| nuetr/ophil | a white blood cell |
| ot/o | ear |
| peritoni/o | peritonium (transparent membrane lining cavity of the abdomen and pelvic viscera-folded) |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pleural | thin membrane to protect lungs |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphy/o | closters |
| strept/o | twisted chains, curved (usually referring to organisms) |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsil/o | tonsils |
| cele/o | hernia (bulging) |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| coccus,cocci | berry shaped bacteria (single, plural) |
| dynia | pain |
| emia | blood condition |
| genesis | condition of producing or forming |
| lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| penia | deficiency |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | formation, growth, development |
| ptosis | drooping, falling, prolapse |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| stasis | controlling or stopping |
| stomy | opening to form a mouth |
| therapy | treatment |
| trophy | development, nourishment |
| er | one who |
| ia | condition |
| ule,ole | little, small |
| um,ium | structure, tissue |
| us | structure, substance |
| y- | condition, process |
| oid | resembling, derived from |
| ose | full of, pertaining to |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cib/o | meals |
| cost/o | ribs |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dacy/o | fingers, toes |
| flex/o | to bend |
| duct/o | to carry, to lead |
| furc/o | forking,branching |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| immun/o | protection |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/o | birth |
| nect/o | to bind, tie, connect |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pu/o | pubis,anterior portion of the pubis or hip bone |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| the/o | to put, to place |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| tep/o | place, position, location |
| tox/o | poison |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -drome | to run |
| -fusion | coming together, to pour |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -lapse | to slide, fall or sag |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction or separation |
| -meter | to meaqsure |
| -mission | to send |
| -or | one who |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| --partum | birth, labor |
| -pheria | to bear or carry (mental state) |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasia | development, formation |
| -plasm | formation (structure of) |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | falling, drooping, prolapse |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ana- | up, apart |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| cata | down |
| con- | with, together |
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