Suffixes: Surgical, Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related Medical Terminology Suffixes: Surgical, Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related
Where terms come from? Greek or Latin Word Word Root Meaning Nephros (Gr) Nephr Kidney Oris (L) Or Mouth Renes (L) Ren Dermatos (Gr) Derm Skin
Combining vowels Word Root Vowel Combining Form Meaning Gastr O stomach Hepat Hepat/o Liver Immun Immun/o Immune, safe Oste Oste/o bone
Suffixes Denoting Incisions -centesis puncture arthrocentesis -ectomy excision, removal appendectomy -stomy forming an opening (mouth) colostomy -tome instrument to cut osteotome -tomy incision, cut into phlebotomy
Suffixes Denoting Reconstructive Surgeries -desis binding, fixation (of a bone, joint) arthrodesis -pexy suspension, fixation (of an organ) mastopexy -rrhaphy suture myorrhaphy -plasty surgical repair rhinoplasty
Suffixes Denoting Refractururing, Loosening, or Crushing -clasis break, fracture osteoclasis -lysis separation, destruction, loosening enterolysis -tripsy crushing lithotripsy
Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related Suffixes -algia pain cephalalgia -dynia pain gastrodynia -cele hernia, swelling hepatocele -ectasis dilation, expansion bronchiectasis
-emesis vomiting hyperemesis -emia blood condition leukemia -gen or -genesis forming, producing, origin carcinogen or osteogenesis -gram record, a writing cardiogram -graph instrument cardiograph -graphy process of recording cardiography
-iasis abnormal condition cholelithiasis -itis inflammation gastritis -lith stone, calculus cholelith -logist specialist in the study of dermatologist -logy study of psychology
-malacia softening osteomalacia -megaly enlargement hepatomegaly -meter instrument for recording thermometer -metry act of measuring pelvimetry -oid resembling lipoid
-oma tumor adenoma -osis abnormal condition, increase dermatosis -para to bear (also a prefix) multipara -paresis partial paralysis hemaparesis -pathy disease neuropathy
-penia decrease, deficiency leukopenia -phagia eating, swallowing dysphagia -phasia speech aphasia -philia attraction to hemophilia -phobia fear claustrophobia
-plasia formation, growth hyperplasia -plegia paralysis, stroke hemiplegia -poiesis formation, production hemopoiesis -ptosis prolapse hysteroptosis -rrhage or -rrhagia bursting forth hemorrhage or menorrhagia
-rrhea discharge, flow diarrhea -rrhexis rupture angiorrhexis -scope instrument to view gastroscope -scopy visual examination gastroscopy -spasm involuntary contraction blepharospasm
-stasis standing still hemostasis -stenosis narrowing, stricture arteriostenosis -toxic poison thyrotoxic -trophy development, nourishment atrophy
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