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chapt3 suffixes
medical terminology suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -a is a noun | (a is a noun ending cyanoderma) |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward, increase caudad (toward the tail or end of the body) |
| -al | pertaining example: duodenal pertaining to the duodenum |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to: example- ventricular pertaining to ventricle |
| -ary | -pertaining to : |
| -ate | something that..... hemolysate (something that results from hemolysis) |
| -blast | embryonic stage of development; example: leukoblast (immature white blood cell) |
| -cele | swelling or herniation example: cystocele (herniation or protusion through the wall of the vagina) |
| centesis | surgical puncture: example amniocentesis |
| -cide | to kill or destroy |
| -clasis | crushing or breaking up |
| cyte | cell |
| -desis | binding or surgical fusion |
| dynia | pain |
| -e | e is a noun ending |
| -eal | pertaining to: |
| -ectasia | stretching or dilation |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emia | blood condition hyperglycemia (blood condition) |
| -er | one who example: radiographer |
| -esis | condition of: example: enuresis |
| -gen | that which generates: example: gylcogen (that which generates suguar) |
| -genesis | generating:formation: lithogenesis-formation of stones |
| -genic | pertaining to, formation, producing example: lithgenic- pertaing to the formation of stones |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -graph | an instrument used to record: electrocardiogram |
| -graphy | process of recording: example: electrocardiography |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -ia | condition (ia is a noun ending) ending: paraplegia |
| -ian | specialist in a field of study geriatrician |
| -iatric(s) | relating to medicine |
| -iatrician | one who treats: a physican |
| -iatrist | ne who treats: a physician psychiatrist (specialist in the study,treatment,and prevention of mental illness |
| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession |
| -ic | pertaining to: example: thoracic pertaining to the thorax |
| -ical | pertaining to:(ical is the combination of ic+al) example: neurological (pertaining to the study of nerves |
| -ician | specialist in the field of study example: obstetrician |
| -ile | pertaining to;capable example: febrile (pertaining to fever). |
| -ion | action;process example: conduction(process in which heat is transferred from on e substance to another. |
| -ism | condition: example (hirsutism, condition of excessive body hair in a masculine distribution pattern. |
| -ist | practitioner, ie; pharmacist |
| -itis | inflammation- ie: appendicitis inflammation of the appendix |
| -ize | to make; to treat or to combine with example:anesthetize |
| -lepsy | seizure, attack, ,example: narcolepsy |
| -lith | stone example: rhinolith (stone or calculus in the nose. |
| -lithiasis | presence of formation of stones example: cholelithiasis |
| -logy | the study of: biology study of life. |
| -logist | one who specializes, the study of; example; biologist. |
| -lysis | destruction or detachment example:dialysis |
| -lytic | destruction: example: keratolytic destruction of hardened skin |
| -mania | a mental disorder; a "madness" example: megalomania ( mental disorder characterized by delusions of grandeur |
| -megaly | cardiomegaly: enlargement of the heart |
| -meter | an instrument used to measure |
| -metry | the process of measuring; example: pelvimetry - process of measuring dimensions of the pelvis |
| -oid | resembling; example: mucoid (resembling mucus |
| -ole | small or little |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | visual condition |
| -opsia | visual condition |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -ory | pertaining to: characterized by, ie; auditory pertaining to hearing |
| -osis | condition example: cyanosis (condition of blueness) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease in; deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation: example: colpopexy (surgical fixation of a relaxed vaginal wall) |
| -philia | attracted to- |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -plasia | formation or development; ie: hyperplasia (excessive formation or development. |
| -plasty | surgical repair; example: rhinoplasty (surgical repair of the nose in which the structure of the nose is changed. |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing; ie: apnea |
| -ptosis | drooping or prolapse |
| -rragia | excessive flow or discharge; example: gastorrhagia , bursting forth of blood through the stomach |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow: diarrhea |
| -rrhexis | rupture example: arteriorhexis (rupture of an artery.) |
| -scope | an instrument used to view |
| -scopy | the processes of viewing with a scope |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling; example(s): hemostasis stopping or controlling the flow of blood) venostasis: (the trapping or "standing still" of blood in the extremity. |
| -stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening |
| -tomy | -incision into : example : phlebotomy (incision into a vein. |
| -tripsy | intentional crushing; example: lithotripsy (crushing of a stone in the bladder; maybe controlled by ultrasound or by laser. |
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