MED101 Medical Terminology

1. MED101 Medical Terminology Chapter 3 Suffixes: Surgical, Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related

2. Suffixes:Always come after word root and qualify the term as a condition, procedure, or symptom. • Algia, dynia • = pain • Ectasia • = stretching, dilating • rrhexis • = skin • = rupture

3. 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

4. Suffixes Denoting Reconstructive Surgeries • -desis binding, fixation (of a bone, joint) arthrodesis • -pexy suspension, fixation (of an organ)mastopexy • -rrhaphy suturemyorrhaphy • -plasty surgical repairrhinoplasty

5. Suffixes Denoting Refractururing, Loosening, or Crushing • -clasis break, fractureosteoclasis • -lysis separation, destruction, enterolysis loosening • -tripsy crushinglithotripsy

6. Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related Suffixes • -algia paincephalalgia • -dynia paingastrodynia • -cele hernia, swellinghepatocele • -ectasis dilation, expansionbronchiectasis

7. -emesis vomitinghyperemesis • -emia blood conditionleukemia • -gen or -genesis forming, producing, origincarcinogen or osteogenesis • -gram record, a writingcardiogram • -graph instrumentcardiograph • -graphy process of recordingcardiography

8. -iasis abnormal conditioncholelithiasis • -itis inflammationgastritis • -lepsy seizure, attack narcolepsy • -lith stone, calculuscholelith • -logist specialist in the study ofdermatologist • -logy study ofpsychology

9. -malacia softeningosteomalacia • -megaly enlargementhepatomegaly • -meter instrument for recordingthermometer • -metry act of measuringpelvimetry • -oid resemblinglipoid

10. -oma tumoradenoma • -osis abnormal conditiondermatosis • -para to bear (also a prefix)multipara • -paresis partial paralysishemiparesis • -pathy diseaseneuropathy

11. -penia decrease, deficiencyleukopenia • -phagia eating, swallowingdysphagia • -phasia speechaphasia • -philia attraction tohemophilia • -phobia fearclaustrophobia

12. -plasia formation, growthhyperplasia • -plegia paralysis, strokehemiplegia • -poiesis formation, productionhemopoiesis • -ptosis droop, prolapsehysteroptosis • -rrhage or -rrhagia bursting forthhemorrhage or menorrhagia

13. -rrhea discharge, flowdiarrhea • -rrhexis ruptureangiorrhexis • -scope instrument to viewgastroscope • -scopy visual examinationgastroscopy • -spasm involuntary contractionblepharospasm

14. -stasis standing stillhemostasis • -stenosis narrowing, stricturearteriostenosis • -toxic poisonthyrotoxic • -trophy development, nourishmentatrophy

15. Adjective Suffixes • -ac cardi/ac • -al neur/al • -ar muscul/ar • -ary saliv/ary • -eal mening/eal

16. - Noun Suffixes • -ism condition alcoholism • -iatrics, -iatry treatment, pediatrics medicine podiatry-ist specialist urologist • -ia pneumonia

17. Diminutive Suffixes • -icle particle • -ole arteriole • -ula macula • -ule venule

18. Plural Suffixes • pleura pleurae • thorax thoraces • lumen lumina • diagnosis diagnoses • appendix appendices

19. Plural Suffixes • ganglion ganglia • bacterium bacteria • bronchus bronchi • deformity deformities • carcinoma carcinomata

20. THE ENDISM !!!!