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Understanding Suffixes

2. Understanding Suffixes. Learning Objectives. Define and spell the suffixes often used in medical terminology. Identify suffixes in medical terms. Use suffixes to build medical terms that pertain to medical specialties, symptoms, and diseases. Common Suffixes. -al -ic -itis -logy

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Understanding Suffixes

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  1. 2 Understanding Suffixes

  2. Learning Objectives • Define and spell the suffixes often used in medical terminology. • Identify suffixes in medical terms. • Use suffixes to build medical terms that pertain to medical specialties, symptoms, and diseases.

  3. Common Suffixes • -al • -ic • -itis • -logy • -meter

  4. Common Suffixes (cont.) • -ous • -pathy • -scope • -scopy lapar/o = abdomen -scopy = process of viewing laparoscopy

  5. Figure 2.1A lighted endoscope specialized for insertion into the abdomen, called a laparoscope, is used to view reproductive organs.

  6. Suffixes Indicating an Action or State • -drome • -emesis • -malacia • -opsy • -oxia • -phil, -philia

  7. Suffixes Indicating an Action or State (cont.) • -phagia • -phasia • -physis • -plegia • -oma • -stasis

  8. Suffixes That Indicate a Condition or Disease • -algia • -asthenia • -atresia • -cele • -dynia mening/o = membrane -cele = hernia meningocele

  9. Figure 2.2 Illustration of a child born with spina bifida, with a large meningocele.

  10. Suffixes That Indicate a Condition or Disease (cont.) • -ia • -ism • -itis • -oma • -osis • -pathy • -penia • -phobia • -plasia

  11. Suffixes That Indicate a Condition or Disease (cont.) • -rrhagia • -rrhea • -rrhexis • -sclerosis • -spasm

  12. Suffixes That Indicate Location, Number, or a Quality • -ad • -a • -ae • -emia • -hemia hypo- = low glyc/o = sugar -emia = condition of blood hypoglycemia

  13. Suffixes That Indicate Location, Number, or a Quality (cont.) • -ac • -al • -ar • -ary • -ic • -ous

  14. Suffixes That Indicate a Medical Specialty • -iatry • -logist • -logy • -practic

  15. Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment • -centesis • -clasia, -clasis, -clast • -desis • -ectomy thyroid/o = thyroid -ectomy = surgical excision thyroidectomy

  16. Figure 2.3 Thyroidectomy

  17. Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment (cont.) • -gram • -graph • -graphy • -meter • -metry • -pexy

  18. Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment (cont.) • -phylaxis • -plasty • -rrhaphy • -scope • -scopy

  19. Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment (cont.) • -stomy • -tome • -tomy • -tripsy • -ion

  20. Suffix Quiz • -ala. a record or image • -opsyb. pertaining to • -itis c. inflammation • -gram d. recording process • -graphy e. view of

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