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Chabner Chapter 3
Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centisis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berrry-shaped bacterium |
| -cocci | plural - berry shaped-bacterium |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruciton, separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, falling, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visually examination |
| -stasis | controlling, stopping |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue |
| -us | structure, substance |
| -y | condition, process |
| -ac, -iac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or in |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling, derived from |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| hiatial hernia | occurs when the stomach protrudes upward into the mediastinum |
| inguinal hernia | occurs when part of the intestine protrudes downward into the groin |
| streptococcus | a berry shaped bacteria that grows in twisted chains |
| staphylococci | a berry shaped bacteria that grows in small clusters like grapes |
| erthryoctyes | red blood cells |
| leukocytes | white blood cells |
| thrombocytes | clotting blood cells |
| acromegaly | an endocrine disorder that results in excessive growth in the bones of the hands, feet, and face |
| laparoscopy | visual examination of the abdominal cavity using a laparoscope. |
| tracheotomy | inscision into the trachea |
| tracheostomy | a tube is inserted into an incision in the trachea |
| adenoids | lymphatic tissue near the throat |
| omphalocele | a herniation of the intra-abdominal viscera in newborn babies |
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