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Medical Terminology Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extermities |
| acu/o | sharp, sever, sudden |
| aden/o | gland |
| adi/o | fat |
| amni/o | amnion |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthro/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | drug |
| chrondr/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 | waer |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| oapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| leuk/o | white |
| symph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| necr/o | death |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neutroophil |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat, swallo |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| 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 |
| ven/o | vein |
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