Language of Medicine 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 (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)

laryng/o

larynx

leuk/o

white

lymph/o

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

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

morph/o

shape, form

muc/o

mucus

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow (context of usage indicates the meaning intended)

necr/o

death (of cells or whole body)

nephr/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

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

path/o

disease

peritone/o

peritoneum

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-ray

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, windpipe

ven/o

vein

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia

-centesis

puncture to remove fluid

-coccus

berry-shaped (form of bacterium)

-cocci

bacteria (pleural)

-cyte

Cell

-dynia

Pain

-ectomy

excision, removal, resection

-emia

blood condition

-genesis

condition of, producing, forming

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

-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

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-scopy

process of visual examination

-stasis

controlling, stopping

-stomy

opening to form a mouth