TLM Chap 3 suffixes

The language of Medicine Chapter 3 suffixes

abdomin/o

abdomen the belly or part of the body that contains the digestive organs

acr/o

extremities, top, extreme point

acu/o

sharp, severe, sudden

aden/o

gland (makes stuff)

adip/o

fat

amni/o

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery (carries blood away from the heart)

arthr/o

joint

axill/o

armpit

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

bronch/o

bronchial tubes

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

chem/o

drug, chemical

chondr/o

cartilage

chron/o

time

col/o

colon (large intestine)

cyst/o

urinary bladder

encephal/o

brain

erythr/o

red

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hydr/o

water, fluid

inguin/o

groin

isch/o

to hold back

lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

laryng/o

largnx (voice box)

leuk/o

white

lymph/o

lymph (the fluid in the body that plays a large role in the immune system)

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

morph/o

shape, form

muc/o

mucus (slippery, clear, or slightly cloud fluid that protects and lubricates the body’s tissues, and helps filter out irritants and allergens)

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

necr/o

death ( of cells or whole body)

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

neutr/o

neutrophil (a white blood cell), a disease-fihgting cell they engulf and digest bacteria)

nucle/o

nucleus

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

peritone/o

peritoneum (lines abdominopelvic cavity and surrounds abdominal organs)

phag/o

to eat, swallow

phleb/o ven/o

vein (blood to the heart)

plas/o

formation, development

pleur/o

pleura (lining of the lung)

pneumon/o, pulmon/o

lungs

radi/o

x-ray

rect/o

rectum

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

scarc/o

flesh

splen/o

spleen (stores and filters blood)

staphyl/o

clusters

strept/o

twisted chains

thorac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

tonsill/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

-algia, -dynia

pain

-cele

hernia

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-coccus (-cocci)

berry-shaped bacterium

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal, resection

-emia

blood condition

-er

one who

-genesis

condition of producing, forming

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condiiton

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening

malacia

softening-

-megaly

enlargement

-ole, -ule

little, small

-oma

tumor, mass, collection of fluid

-opsy

to view

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

disease conditon

-penia

deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

drooping, falling, sagging

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-scopy

process of visual examination (with an endoscope)

-stasis

controlling, stopping

-stomy

opening to form a mouth (stoma)

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

incision, cutting into