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MOD A UNIT III
Chabner Vocab combining forms and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -CELE | HERNIA |
| -CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID |
| -COCCUS | BERRY-SHAPED BACTERIUM |
| -CYTE | CELL |
| -DYNIA | PAIN |
| -ECTOMY | REMOVAL; EXCISION; RESECTION |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -ER | ONE WHO |
| -GENESIS | PRODUCING; FORMING |
| -GRAM | RECORD |
| -GRAPH | INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING |
| -GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -IA | CONDITION |
| -IST | SPECIALIST |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -LOGY | STUDY |
| -LYSIS | BREAKDOWN; DESTRUCTION |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT |
| -OLE | SMALL; LITTLE |
| -OMA | TUMOR; MASS |
| -OPSY | VIEW OF |
| -OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -PENIA | DEFICIENCY |
| -PHOBIA | FEAR |
| -PLASIA | DEVELOPMENT; FORMATION; GROWTH |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -PTOSIS | DROOP; SAG; PROLAPSE |
| -SCLEROSIS | HARDENING |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| -SCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| -STASIS | TO STOP; CONTROL; PLACE |
| -STOMY | NEW OPENING |
| -THERAPY | TREATMENT |
| -TOMY | PROCESS OF CUTTING |
| -TROPHY | NOURISHMENT; DEVELOPMENT |
| -ULE | LITTLE; SMALL |
| -UM; -IUM | STRUCTURE; TISSUE; THING |
| -US | STRUCTURE; THING |
| -Y | CONDITION; PROCESS |
| ABDOMIN/O | ABDOMEN |
| ACR/O | EXTREMETIES |
| ACU/O | SHARP; SEVERE; SUDDEN |
| ADEN/O | GLAND |
| ADIP/O | FAT |
| AMNI/O | AMNION |
| ANGI/O | VESSEL |
| ARTERI/O | ARTERY |
| ARTHR/O | JOINT |
| AXILL/O | ARMPIT |
| BI/O | LIFE |
| BLEPHAR/O | EYELID |
| BRONCH/O | BRONCHI |
| CARCIN/O | CANCEROUS; CANCER |
| CARDI/O | HEART |
| CHEM/O | DRUG; CHEMICAL |
| CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
| CHRON/O | TIME |
| COL/O | COLON |
| CYST/O | URINARY BLADDER |
| ENCEPHAL/O | BRAIN |
| ERYTHR/O | RED |
| HEM/O | BLOOD |
| HEPAT/O | LIVER |
| HYDR/O | WATER |
| INGUIN/O | GROIN |
| ISCH/O | TO HOLD BACK |
| LAPAR/O | ABDOMINAL WALL |
| LARYNG/O | LARYNX (VOICE BOX) |
| LEUK/O | WHITE |
| LYMPH/O | LYMPH |
| MAMM/O | BREAST |
| MAST/O | BREAST |
| MORPH/O | SHAPE; FORM |
| MUC/O | MUCUS |
| MYC/O | MUSCLE |
| MYEL/O | BONE MARROW |
| NECR/O | DEATH |
| NEPHR/O | KIDNEY |
| NEUR/O | NERVE |
| NEUTR/O | NEITHER; NEUTRAL |
| NUCLE/O | NUCLEUS |
| OPHTHALM/O | EYE |
| OSTE/O | BONE |
| OT/O | EAR |
| PATH/O | DISEASE |
| PERITONE/O | PERITONEUM |
| PHAG/O | EAT; SWALLOW |
| PHLEB/O | VEIN |
| PLAS/O | DEVELOPMENT; FORMATION |
| PLEUR/O | PLEURA |
| PNEUMON/O | LUNG; AIR; GAS |
| PULMON/O | LUNG |
| RADI/O | X-RAY |
| RECT/O | RECTUM |
| REN/O | KIDNEY |
| RHIN/O | NOSE |
| SARC/O | FLESH |
| SPLEN/O | SPLEEN |
| STAPHYL/O | CLUSTERS; UVULA |
| STREPT/O | TWISTED CHAINS |
| THORAC/O | CHEST |
| THROMB/O | CLOT |
| TONSILL/O | TONSILS |
| TRACHE/O | TRACHEA (WINDPIPE) |
| VEN/O | VEIN |