Med Term Chapter 3 - Suffixes

Abdomin/o

abdomen

acr/o

extremities, top, extreme point

acu/o

sharp, severe, sudden

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

amni/o

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

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

chrond/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, fluid

inguin/o

groin

isch/o

to hold back

lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

laryng/o

larynx

leuk/o

white

lymph/o

lymph

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

morph/o

shape, form

muc/o

mucus

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord; bone marrow

necr/o

death (of cells or whole body)

nehpr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

neutr/o

neutrophil (a white blood cell)

nucle/o

nucleus

ophthalm/o

eye

opi/o

opium

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

peritone/o

peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdominal organs)

phag/o

to eat, swallow

phleb/o

vein

plas/o

formation, development

pleur/o

pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)

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

sub g for x

To make combining forms for parts of the body that end in x

- algia

pain

fibromyalgia

a chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain in muscles and fibrous tissue around joints

- cele

hernia

- centesis

punture to remove fluid

paracentesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen

- coccus

berry shaped bacterium

- cocci

berry shaped bacteria

- cyte

cell

- dynia

pain

- ectomy

excision, removal, resection

- emia

blood condition

ischemia

To hold back blood from an area of the body or tissue

- genesis

condition of producing, forming

- gram

record

- graph

instrument for recording

- graphy

process of recording

- itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

- lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

hemolysis

normal breakdown of red blood cells

- malacia

softening

- megaly

enlargement

- oma

tumor, mass, collection of fluid

- opsy

to view

- osis

condition, usually abnormal

- pathy

disease condition

- penia

deficiency

- phobia

fear

- plasia

development, formation, growth

- plasty

surgical repair

- ptosis

drooping, falling, prolapse

- rrhea

flow, discharge