Lecture Notes Lecture Notes A PowerPoint Presentation Classroom Activity to Accompany Medical Terminology Systems, Seventh Edition Barbara A. Gylys ∙ Mary Ellen Wedding Suffixes 2

2 Word element placed at the end of a word Changes the meaning of a medical word Used to denote singular and plural forms of a word Used to denote a part of speech Suffix 2 SUFFIXES

3 Word root (WR) links a suffix that begins with a vowel. Example: gastr/itis Combining form (CF) links a suffix that begins with a consonant. Example: gastr/o/scopy Linking a Suffix 2 SUFFIXES

4 Surgical Diagnostic, pathological, and related Grammatical and diminutive Singular and plural Major Types of Suffixes SUFFIXES 2

5 Describe a type of invasive procedure performed on a body part append/ectomy arthr/o/centesis lith/o/tripsy Surgical Suffixes 2 SUFFIXES

6 1. excision, removal: 2. surgical puncture: 3. crushing: 4. separation; destruction; loosening: Identify the Surgical Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

7 1.excision, removal: -ectomy 2.surgical puncture: -centesis 3.crushing: -tripsy 4.separation; destruction; loosening: -lysis Identify the Surgical Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

8 5.to break; surgical fracture: 6.fixation (of an organ): 7.suture: 8.surgical repair: Identify the Surgical Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

9 5.to break; surgical fracture: -clasis 6.fixation (of an organ): -pexy 7.suture: -rrhaphy 8.surgical repair: -plasty Identify the Surgical Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

10 9. forming an opening (mouth): 10. binding, fixation (of a bone or joint): 11. instrument to cut: 12. incision: Identify the Surgical Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

11 9. forming an opening (mouth): -stomy 10. binding, fixation (of a bone or joint): - desis 11. instrument to cut: -tome 12. incision: -tomy Identify the Surgical Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

12 Diagnostic suffixes Denote a procedure or test performed to identify the cause and nature of an illness electr/o/cardio/gram (ECG) gastr/o/scopy Diagnostic and Pathological Suffixes 2 SUFFIXES

13 1.instrument for examining: 2.visual examination: 3.instrument for recording: 4.process of recording: Identify the Diagnostic Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

14 1.instrument for examining: -scope 2.visual examination: -scopy 3.instrument for recording: -graph 4.process of recording: -graphy Identify the Diagnostic Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

15 5.instrument for measuring: 6.act of measuring: 7.record, writing: Identify the Diagnostic Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

16 5.instrument for measuring: -meter 6.act of measuring: -metry 7.record, writing: -gram Identify the Diagnostic Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

17 Pathological suffixes Describe an abnormal condition or a disease neur/algia gastr/itis hem/o/rrhage Diagnostic and Pathological Suffixes (continued) 2 SUFFIXES

18 1.pain: 2.formation, growth: 3.forming, producing, origin: 4.bursting forth (of): Identify the Pathological Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

19 1.pain: -algia, -dynia 2.formation, growth: -plasia, -plasm 3.forming, producing, origin: -gen, -genesis 4.bursting forth (of): -rrhage, -rrhagia Identify the Pathological Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

20 5.swelling: 6.hernia, swelling: 7.stone, calculus: 8.abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells): Identify the Pathological Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

21 5.swelling: -edema 6.hernia, swelling: -cele 7.stone, calculus: -lith 8.abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells): -osis Identify the Pathological Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

22 9. involuntary contraction, twitching: 10. narrowing, stricture: 11. discharge, flow: 12. disease: Identify the Pathological Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

23 9. involuntary contraction, twitching: -spasm 10. narrowing, stricture: -stenosis 11. discharge, flow: -rrhea 12. disease: -pathy Identify the Pathological Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

24 13.inflammation: 14.tumor: 15.rupture: 16.paralysis: Identify the Pathological Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

25 13.inflammation: -itis 14.tumor: -oma 15.rupture: -rrhexis 16.paralysis: -plegia Identify the Pathological Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

26 17.dilation, expansion: 18.vomiting: 19.blood condition: 20.abnormal condition (produced by something specified): Identify the Pathological Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

27 17.dilation, expansion: -ectasis 18.vomiting: -emesis 19.blood condition: -emia 20.abnormal condition (produced by something specified): -iasis Identify the Pathological Suffix Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

28 Grammatical suffixes Attached to word roots to form parts of speech, such as adjectives and nouns gastr/ic (adjective) neur/al (adjective) obstetr/ician (noun) pneumon/ia (noun) Grammatical and Diminutive Suffixes 2 SUFFIXES

29 Diminutive suffixes Denote a smaller version of a word tub/ule (small, minute) arteri/ole (small, minute) Grammatical and Diminutive Suffixes (continued) 2 SUFFIXES

30 1. Adjective suffixes –ac, –al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile, and –ous mean: 2. Noun suffixes –esis, -ia, and –ism mean: 3. Noun suffixes –ician and –ist mean: Define Grammatical and Diminutive Suffixes Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

31 1. Adjective suffixes –ac, –al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile, and –ous mean: pertaining to 2. Noun suffixes –esis, -ia, and –ism mean: condition 3. Noun suffixes –ician and –ist mean: specialist Define Grammatical and Diminutive Suffixes Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

32 4. Noun suffix –iatry means: 5. Diminutive suffixes –icle, -ole, and –ule mean: Define Grammatical and Diminutive Suffixes Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

33 4. Noun suffix –iatry means: medicine; treatment 5. Diminutive suffixes –icle, -ole, and –ule mean: small, minute Define Grammatical and Diminutive Suffixes Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

34 Changes when a word is modified from a singular to a plural form diagno/sis to diagno/ses bronch/us to bron/chi deform/ity to deformi/ities Singular and Plural Suffixes 2 SUFFIXES

35 Change the following terms to their plural form. 1.thrombus: 2.ovum: 3.fungus: 4.diagnosis: Singular and Plural Terms Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

36 1.thrombus: thrombi 2.ovum: ova 3.fungus: fungi 4.diagnosis: diagnoses Singular and Plural Terms Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

37 1.crushing of a stone: lith/o/ 2.forming a new opening (mouth) in the colon: colon/o/ 3.excision, removal of the appendix: / Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

38 1.crushing of a stone: lith/o/tripsy 2.forming a new opening (mouth) in the colon: colon/o/stomy 3.excision, removal of the appendix: append/ectomy Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

39 4.disease of the joint(s): arthr// 5.instrument to examine a joint: /o/ 6.inflammation of the stomach: / 7.surgical puncture of a joint: /o/ Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

40 4.disease of the joint(s): arthr/o/pathy 5.instrument to examine a joint: arthr/o/scope 6.inflammation of the stomach: gastr/itis 7.surgical puncture of a joint: arthr/o/centesis Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

41 8. suture of muscle(s): my/o/ 9. binding, fixation (of a joint): arthr/o/ 10. forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea: /o/ Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

42 8. suture of muscle(s): my/o/rrhaphy 9. binding, fixation (of a joint): arthr/o/desis 10. forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea: trache/o/stomy Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

43 11.instrument for recording the heart: cardi/o/ 12.record of electrical activity of the heart: electr/o/cardi// 13.pain of a nerve: / Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

44 11.instrument for recording the heart: cardi/o/graph 12.record of electrical activity of the heart: electr/o/cardi/o/gram 13.pain of a nerve: neur/algia Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

45 14.forming, producing, origin of cancer: carcin// 15.softening of bone: oste/o/ 16.abnormal condition of stones: / Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

46 14.forming, producing, origin of cancer: carcin/o/gen or carcin/o/genesis 15.softening of bone: oste/o/malacia 16.abnormal condition of stones: lith/iasis Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

47 17.hernia, swelling of the liver: hepat// 18.swelling of a lymph gland: lymph/ 19.tumor composed of lymph tissue: lymph/ 20.bursting forth (of) blood: hem/o/ Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

48 17.hernia, swelling of the liver: hepat/o/cele 18.swelling of a lymph gland: lymph/edema 19.tumor composed of lymph tissue: lymph/oma 20.bursting forth (of) blood: hem/o/rrhage Complete the Medical Word Exercise 2 SUFFIXES

49 Copyright © 2013 by F.A. Davis Company. All rights reserved. This product is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means— electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without written permission from the publisher.