Chapter 3: Suffixes

Front 1

Abdomin/o

Back 1

abdomen

Front 2

acr/o

Back 2

extremities

Front 3

acu/o

Back 3

sharp

Front 4

aden/o

Back 4

gland

Front 5

adip/o

Back 5

fat

Front 6

amni/o

Back 6

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus

Front 7

angi/o

Back 7

vessel

Front 8

arteri/o

Back 8

artery

Front 9

arthr/o

Back 9

joint

Front 10

axill/o

Back 10

armpit

Front 11

bi/o

Back 11

life

Front 12

blephar/o

Back 12

eyelid

Front 13

bronch/o

Back 13

bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs

Front 14

carcin/o

Back 14

cancer

Front 15

cardi/o

Back 15

heart

Front 16

chem/o

Back 16

chemical, drug

Front 17

chondr/o

Back 17

cartiliage

Front 18

chron/o

Back 18

time

Front 19

col/o

Back 19

colon

Front 20

cyst/o

Back 20

urinary bladder

Front 21

encephal/o

Back 21

brain

Front 22

erythr/o

Back 22

red

Front 23

hem/o

Back 23

blood

Front 24

hepat/o

Back 24

liver

Front 25

hydr/o

Back 25

water. fluid

Front 26

inguin/o

Back 26

groin

Front 27

isch/o

Back 27

hold back

Front 28

lapar/o

Back 28

abdomen, abdominal wall

Front 29

laryng/o

Back 29

larynx

Front 30

leuk/o

Back 30

white

Front 31

lymph/o

Back 31

lymph

Front 32

Lymph

Back 32

a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body

Front 33

mamm/o

Back 33

breast

Front 34

mast/o

Back 34

breast

Front 35

morph/o

Back 35

shape/form

Front 36

muc/o

Back 36

mucus

Front 37

my/o

Back 37

muscle

Front 38

myel/o

Back 38

spinal cord, bone marrow

(context of usage indicate the meaning intended)

Front 39

necr/o

Back 39

death (of cells or whole body)

Front 40

neph/r

Back 40

kidney

Front 41

neur/o

Back 41

nerve

Front 42

neutr/o

Back 42

neutrophil ( a white blood cell)

Front 43

nephr/o

Back 43

kidney

Front 44

neur/o

Back 44

nerve

Front 45

neutr/o

Back 45

neutrophil (a white blood cell)

Front 46

nucle/o

Back 46

nucleus

Front 47

ophthalm/o

Back 47

eye

Front 48

oste/o

Back 48

bone

Front 49

ot/o

Back 49

ear

Front 50

path/o

Back 50

disease

Front 51

peritone/o

Back 51

peritoneum

Front 52

phag/o

Back 52

to eat, swallow

Front 53

phleb/o

Back 53

vein

Front 54

plas/o

Back 54

formation, development

Front 55

pleur/o

Back 55

pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to the chest wall

Front 56

pneumon/o

Back 56

lungs

Front 57

pulmon/o

Back 57

lungs

Front 58

rect/o

Back 58

rectum

Front 59

ren/o

Back 59

kidney

Front 60

rhin/o

Back 60

nose

Front 61

sarc/o

Back 61

flesh

Front 62

splen/o

Back 62

spleen

Front 63

staphyl/o

Back 63

clusters

Front 64

strept/o

Back 64

twisted chains

Front 65

thorac/o

Back 65

chest

Front 66

thromb/o

Back 66

clot

Front 67

tonsill/o

Back 67

tonsils

Front 68

trache/o

Back 68

trachea (windpipe)

Front 69

ven/o

Back 69

vein

Front 70

-algia

Back 70

pain

Front 71

arthralgia

Back 71

pain of joint

Front 72

otalgia

Back 72

pain of ear

Front 73

neuralgia

Back 73

pain of nerves

Front 74

myalgia

Back 74

pain of spinal cord, bone marrow

Front 75

-cele

Back 75

hernia

Front 76

rectocele

Back 76

protrusion of a portion of the rectum toward the vagina

Front 77

Hernia

Back 77

is protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it

Front 78

Cystocele

Back 78

occurs when part of the urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal wall as a result of weakness of the pelvic muscles

Front 79

Omphalocele

Back 79

is a herniation of the intestines through weakness in the abdominal wall around the navel occuring in infants

Front 80

Hiatal Hernia

Back 80

occurs when the stomach protrudes upward into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm

Front 81

Inguinal hernia

Back 81

occurs when part of the intestine protrudes downward into the groin region and commonly into the scrotal sac in the male

Front 82

-centesis

Back 82

surgical puncture to remove fluid

Front 83

thoracentesis

Back 83

surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest

Front 84

amniocentesis

Back 84

surgical puncture to remove fluid from the amnion (sac/membrane surrounding the embryo in the uterus. Fluid accumulates within the amnion and may be withdrawn for analysis between the 12th and 18th weeks of pregnancy

Front 85

abdominocentesis

Back 85

surgical puncture to remove fluid from abdomen

(This procedure is more commonly known as paracentesis --para means beside of near)

Front 86

-coccus (sing)

Back 86

round/spherical bacterium

Front 87

streptococcus

Back 87

chained-spherical bacterium

Front 88

staphylococci

Back 88

clustered-spherical bacterium

Front 89

-cocci (plur)

Back 89

spherical bacterium

Front 90

-cyte

Back 90

cell

Front 91

erythrocyte

Back 91

red blood cell

Front 92

leukocyte

Back 92

white blood cell

Front 93

thrombocyte

Back 93

clotted blood cell

Front 94

-dynia

Back 94

pain

Front 95

pleurodynia

Back 95

pain in the chest wall muscles aggravated by breathing

Front 96

-ectomy

Back 96

excision, removal, resection

Front 97

laryngectomy

Back 97

removal of the larynx (voice box)

Front 98

mastectomy

Back 98

removal of the breast

Front 99

-emia

Back 99

blood condition

Front 100

anemia

Back 100

no blood blood conition

Front 101

ischemia

Back 101

to hold back blood from a part of the tissue

Front 102

-genesis

Back 102

condition of producing, forming

Front 103

carcinogenesis

Back 103

condition of producing cancer

Front 104

pathogenesis

Back 104

condition of producing diseases

Front 105

angiogenesis

Back 105

condition of producing or forming vessels

Front 106

-gram

Back 106

record

Front 107

-graphy

Back 107

process of recording

Front 108

myellitis

Back 108

inflammation of the spinal cord

Front 109

-lysis

Back 109

breakdown, destruction, seperation

Front 110

hemolysis

Back 110

breakdown of red blood cells with release of hemoglobin

Front 111

-malacia

Back 111

softening

Front 112

chondromalacia

Back 112

softening of the cartilage

Front 113

-megaly

Back 113

enlargement

Front 114

acromegaly

Back 114

enlargement of extremities

Front 115

splenomegaly

Back 115

enlargement of the spleen

Front 116

myoma

Back 116

tumor of the muscle

Front 117

myosarcoma

Back 117

cancerous tumor of the muscle tissue/flesh

Front 118

multiple myeloma

Back 118

malignant tumor of the bone marrow

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