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LOM ch.3
Combining forms, noun & adjective suffixes
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04/04/2005
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acr/o
 Definition
extremities, top, extreme point
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acu/o
 Definition
sharp, severe
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agor/a
 Definition
markerplace
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amni/o
 Definition
amnion
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angi/o
 Definition
vessel
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arteri/o
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artery
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axill/o
 Definition
armpit
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blephar/o
 Definition
eyelid
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bronch/o
 Definition
bronchial tubes
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chem/o
 Definition
drug, chemical
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chron/o
 Definition
time
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col/o
 Definition
colon
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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hydr/o
 Definition
water
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isch/o
 Definition
to hold back
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lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen,abdominal wall
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laryg/o
 Definition
larynx (voice box)
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lymph/o
 Definition
lymph
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mamm/o
 Definition
breast
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mast/o
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breast
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morph/o
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shape, form
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muc/o
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mucus
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve
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neutr/o
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neutrophil (WBC)
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ot/o
 Definition
ear
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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phag/o
 Definition
to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
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vein
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plas/o
 Definition
formation, developement
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pleur/o
 Definition
pleaura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles)
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pneumon/o
 Definition
lungs
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pulmon/o
 Definition
lungs
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rect/o
 Definition
rectum
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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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tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsils
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-cele
 Definition
hernia
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-centsesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus
(plural: -cocci)
 Definition
berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria)
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-dynia
 Definition
pain
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removal, resection
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-genesis
 Definition
condition of producing, forming
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-genic
 Definition
pertaing to produced in, producing, produced by, or in
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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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-lysis
 Definition
breakdown, destruction, sepatation
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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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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-phobia
 Definition
fear of
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-ptosis
 Definition
drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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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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-trophy
 Definition
development, nourishment
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-er
 Definition
one who
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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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,thing
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-y
 Definition
condition
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-ac, -iac
 Definition
pertaining to
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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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-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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