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Medical Terminology
Chapter 3: Suffixes
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Undergraduate 3
01/21/2012
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acr/o
 Definition
extremities, top, extreme point
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acu/o
 Definition
sharp, severe, sudden
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
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adip/o
 Definition
fat
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amni/o
 Definition
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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angi/o
 Definition
vessel
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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axill/o
 Definition
armpit
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bi/o
 Definition
life
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blephar/o
 Definition
eyelid
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bronch/o
 Definition
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
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cardi/o 
 Definition
heart
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chem/o
 Definition
drug, chemical
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
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chron/o
 Definition
time
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col/o
 Definition
colon (large intestine)
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cyst/o
 Definition
urinary bladder
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
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hem/o
 Definition
blood
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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hydr/o
 Definition
water, fluid
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inguin/o
 Definition
groin
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isch/o
 Definition
to hold back
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lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen, abdominal wall
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laryng/o
 Definition
larynx (voice box)
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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lymph/o
 Definition
lymph (a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body
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mamm/o
 Definition
breast
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mast/o
 Definition
breast
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morph/o
 Definition
shape, form
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muc/o
 Definition
mucus
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord, bone marrow
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necr/o
 Definition
death (of cells or whole body)
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nephr/o
 Definition
kidney
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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neutr/o
 Definition
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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nucle/o
 Definition
nucleus
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ophthalum/o
 Definition
eye
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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ot/o
 Definition
ear
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path/o
 Definition
disease
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peritone/o
 Definition
peritoneum
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phag/o
 Definition
to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
 Definition
vein
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plas/o
 Definition
formation, development
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pleur/o
 Definition
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
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pneumon/o
 Definition
lungs
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pulmon/o
 Definition
lungs
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radi/o
 Definition
x-rays
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rect/o
 Definition
rectum
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ren/o
 Definition
kidney
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rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh
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splen/o
 Definition
spleen
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staphyl/o
 Definition
clusters
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strept/o
 Definition
twisted chains
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thorac/o
 Definition
chest
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thromb/o
 Definition
clot
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tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsils
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trache/o
 Definition
trachea (windpipe)
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ven/o
 Definition
vein
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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-cele
 Definition
hernia
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus (plural: -cocci)
 Definition
berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria)
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-dynia
 Definition
pain
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-ectomy
 Definition
exision, removal, resection
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-genesis
 Definition
condition of producing, forming
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-gram
 Definition
record
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-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-lysis
 Definition
breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-opsy
 Definition
to view
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-osis
 Definition
condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
 Definition
disease condition
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-phobia
 Definition
fear
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-plasia
 Definition
development, formation, growth
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-ptosis
 Definition
falling, dropping, prolapse
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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-scope
 Definition
instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
 Definition
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
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-stomy
 Definition
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-tomy
 Definition
incision, cutting into
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-trophy
 Definition
development, nourishment
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-er
 Definition
one who
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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-ist
 Definition
specialist
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-ole
 Definition
little, small
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-ule
 Definition
little, small
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-um, -ium
 Definition
structure, tissue
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-us
 Definition
structure, substance
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-y
 Definition
condition, process
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-ac, -iac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ar
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
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-genic
 Definition
pertaining to, producing, produced by, or in
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-ic, -ical
 Definition
pertaining to
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-ose
 Definition
pertaining to, full of
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
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-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
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