MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Complete! CHAPTER Second Edition Understanding Suffixes 2

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Learning Objectives Define and spell the suffixes often used in medical terminology. Identify suffixes in medical terms. Use suffixes to build medical terms that pertain to medical specialties, symptoms, and diseases.

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Common Suffixes -al -ic -itis -logy -meter

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Common Suffixes (cont.) -ous -pathy -scope -scopy lapar/o -scopy = abdomen = process of viewing laparoscopy

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Figure 2.1 A lighted endoscope specialized for insertion into the abdomen, called a laparoscope, is used to view reproductive organs.

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes Indicating an Action or State -drome -emesis -malacia -opsy -oxia -phil, -philia

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes Indicating an Action or State (cont.) -phagia -phasia -physis -plegia -oma -stasis

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes That Indicate a Condition or Disease -algia -asthenia -atresia -cele -dynia mening/o -cele = membrane = hernia meningocele

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Figure 2.2 Illustration of a child born with spina bifida, with a large meningocele.

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes That Indicate a Condition or Disease (cont.) -ia -ism -itis -oma -osis -pathy -penia -phobia -plasia

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes That Indicate a Condition or Disease (cont.) -rrhagia -rrhea -rrhexis -sclerosis -spasm

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes That Indicate Location, Number, or a Quality -ad -a -ae -emia -hemia hypo- -emia = low = condition of blood glyc/o= sugar hypoglycemia

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes That Indicate Location, Number, or a Quality (cont.) -ac -al -ar -ary -ic -ous

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes That Indicate a Medical Specialty -iatry -logist -logy -practic

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment -centesis -clasia, -clasis, -clast -desis -ectomy thyroid/o -ectomy = thyroid = surgical excision thyroidectomy

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Figure 2.3 Thyroidectomy

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment (cont.) -gram -graph -graphy -meter -metry -pexy

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment (cont.) -phylaxis -plasty -rrhaphy -scope -scopy

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment (cont.) -stomy -tome -tomy -tripsy -ion

Medical Terminology: Complete!, Second Edition Bruce Wingerd Suffix Quiz 1.-ala. a record or image 2.-opsyb. pertaining to 3.-itisc. inflammation 4.-gramd. recording process 5.-graphye. view of