Learning Medical Terminology
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| Combining Form (CF) | Created when root word is combined w/a vowel. Three Rules:
1.) When the suffix begins with a vowel, the combining vowel is NOT used
2.) When the suffix begins with a consonant, thee combining vowel is used
3.) When combining any 2 root words together,
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| Prefix | -At the beginning
-Usually an indication of a number, time, position, measurement, direction, or negation
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| Dipl-, Diplo- | Double
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| Circum-, Peri- | Around
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| Super- | Upper, above
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| Dia-, Trans- | Through, across
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| Suffix | -At the end of a word
-Usually an indication of a pathology, condition, symptom, therapeutic, or diagnostic procedure, or part of speech
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| -ectomy | Excision, removal
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| -centesis | Surgical puncture
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| -tripsy | Crushing
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| -lysis | Separation; destruction; loosening
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| -tomy | Incision
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| -pexy | Fixation of an organ
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| -rrhaphy | Suture
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| -plasty | Surgical repair
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| -stomy | Forming an opening (mouth)
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| -desis | Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
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| -tome | Instrument to cut
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| -scope | Instrument for examining
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| -scopy | Visual examination
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| -graph | Instrument for recording
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| -graphy | Process of recording
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| -meter | Instrument for measuring
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| -metry | Act of measuring
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| -gram | Record, writing
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| -algia, -dynia | Pain
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| -plasia, -plasm | Formation, growth
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| -gen, -genesis | Forming, producing, origin
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| -rrhage, -rrhagia | Bursting forth (of)
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| -edema | Swelling
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| -cele | Hernia, swelling
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| -lith | Stone, calculus
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| -osis | Abnormal condition, increase (used primarily w/blood cells)
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| -spasm | Involuntary contraction, twitching
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| -stenosis | Narrowing, stricture
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| -rrhea | Discharge, flow
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| -pathy | Disease
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| -oma | Tumor
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| -rrhexis | Rupture
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| -plegia | Paralysis
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| -ectasis | Dilation, expansion
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| -emesis | Vomiting
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| -emia | Blood condition
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| -iasis | Abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
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| Adjective suffixes: -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile and -ous | Pertaining to
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| Noun suffixes: -esis, -ia, and -ism | Condition
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| Noun suffixes: -ician and -ist | Specialist
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| Noun suffix -iatry | Medicine, treatment
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