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Chapt 11-13 Suffix
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen, abdominal cavity |
| an/o | anus |
| antr/o | antrum |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aur/i | ear |
| aur/o | ear |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cheilo | lip |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| chole | gall bile |
| choledocho | common bile duct |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| col/o | colon |
| cocle/o | coclea |
| colon/o | colon |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| cor/o | pupil |
| core/o | cornea |
| corne/o | pupil |
| cry/o | cold |
| dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
| dipl/o | two, double |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum |
| infer/o | below |
| irid/o | iris |
| jejen/o | jejunum |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth, inner ear |
| lacrim/o | tear duct, tear |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| mastoid/o | mastoid |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| ocul/o | eye |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | vision |
| or/o | mouth |
| ot/o | ear |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phot/o | light |
| polyp/o | polyp, small growth |
| proct/o | rectum |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| rect/o | rectum |
| retin/o | retina |
| scler/o | sclera |
| sept/o | septum |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid |
| staped/o | stapes middle ear bone |
| steat/o | fat |
| stern/o | sternum |
| ton/o | tension, pressure |
| tympan/o | eardrum, middle ear |
| uvul/o, | uvula |
| bi,bin | two |
| hemi | half |
| opia | vision |
| pepsia | digestion |
| ia | diseased or abnormal state |
| ial | pertaining to |
| iasis | condition |
| iatrist | specialist, physician |
| iatry | treatment,specialty |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ior | pertaining to |
| is | no meaning |
| ism | state of |
| logist | one who studies and treats, specialist, physician |
| lysis | loosening, dissolution, separating |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | measurement |
| odynia | pain |
| oma | tumor, swelling |
| opia | vision condition |
| opsy | view of viewing |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| ous | pertaining to |
| paresis | slight paralysis |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| phobia | abnormal fear of |
| physis | growath |
| plasia | condition of formation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| poiesis | formation |
| ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| rrhaphy | suturing, repairing |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| salpinx | uterine fallopian tube |
| sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| schisis | split, fissure |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| scopic | pertaing to visual examintation |
| scopy | visual examination |
| sis | state of |
| spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
| stasis | control, stop, standing |
| stenosis | constriction or narrowing |
| stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| thorax | chest |
| tocia | birth, labor |
| tome | instrument used to cut |
| tomy | cut into or incision |
| tripsy | surgical crushing |
| trophy | nourishment, development |
| um | no meaning |
| uria | urine, urination |
| us | no meaning |
| abdominal | pertaining to the abdomen |
| anal | pertaining to the anus |
| aphagia | without swallowing |
| colorectal | pertaining to the colon and rectum |
| dyspepsia | difficult digestion |
| dysphagia | difficult swallowing |
| gastrodynia | pain in the stomach |
| gastroenterologist | a physician who studies and treats disease of the stomach and intestines |
| gastroenterology | study of the stomach and intestines |
| gastromalacia | sonftening of the stomach |
| glossopathy | disease of the tongue |
| ileocecal | pertianing to the ileum and cecum |
| nasogastric | pertianing to the nose and stomach |
| oral | pertaining to the mouth |
| pancreatic | pertianing to the pancreas |
| peritoneal | pertaining to the peritoneum |
| proctologist | physician who studies and treats deiseases of the rectum |
| procotlogy | study of the rectum |
| rectal | pertiaining to the rectum |
| steatorrhea | discharge of fat |
| steatosis | abnormal condition of fat |
| sublingual | pertaining to under the tongue |
| emesis | expelling matter fromt he stomach |
| feces | waste from the digestive tract expelled through the rectum |
| flatus | gas in the digestive tract or expelled trhough the anus |
| gastric lavage | washing out of the stomach |
| gavage | process of feeding a person through a nasogastric tube |
| hematamesis | vomiting of blood |
| hematochezia | passage of bloody feces |
| melena | black, tarry stool that contains digested blood |
| nausea | urge to vomit |
| peristalsis | involuntary wavelike contractions thatpropel food along the digestive tract |
| reflux | abnormal baward flow |
| stoma | surgical opening twetween an organ and the surface of the body |
| vomiting | expelling matter from the stomach through the mouth |
| A&P | abdominoperineal resection |
| BE | barium enema |
| EGD | esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| ERCP | endospcopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
| EUS | endoscopic ultrasound |
| FOBT | fecal occult blood test |
| GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease |
| H. pylori | Helicobacter pylori |
| IBS | irritable bowel sydndrome |
| N&V | nausea and vomiting |
| PEG | percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy |
| UGI | upper gastrointestinal |
| UPPP | uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
| sclera | outer protectivelayer of the ey |
| cornea | transparent anterior part of the sclera |
| choroid | middle layer of the eye, which is interlaced with many blood vessels |
| iris | the pigmented muscular sturcture that allows light to pass through |
| pupil openin in the center of theiris | openin in the center of the iris |
| lens | lies directly behnd the pupil |
| retina | innermost layer of the ey |
| aqueous humor | watery liquid found in the anterior cavity of the eye |
| vitreous humor | jellylike substance found behind the lens in the posterior cavity of the eye |
| meibomian glands | oil glands found inthe upper andlower edges of the eylids that help lubricate the eye. |
| lacrimal glands and duct | produce and drain tears |
| optic nerve | carries visual impulses from the retina to the brain |
| conjunctiva | mucous mebrane lining the elids and covering the anterior portion to the sclera |
| blepahr/o | eyelid |
| conj |
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