MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY. Complete! Second Edition CHAPTER. Understanding Suffixes. Content Review Slides

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1 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Complete! Second Edition CHAPTER 2 Understanding Suffixes Content Review Slides

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 = pertaining to -ic = pertaining to -it is = inflammation -logy = study or science of -meter = measuring, measuring instrument

4 Common Suffixes (cont.) -ous = pertaining to -pathy = disease -scope = instrument used for viewing -scopy = process of viewing lapar/o -scopy = abdomen = process of viewing laparoscopy

5 Figure 2.1 A 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 = run or running -emesis = vomiting -malacia = softening -opsy = view of -oxia = condition of oxygen -phil, -philia = loving or affinity for

7 Suffixes Indicating an Action or State (cont.) -phagia = eating, swallowing -phasia = speaking -physis = growth -plegia = paralysis -oma = tumor -stasis = standing still

8 Suffixes That Indicate a Condition or Disease -algia = condition of pain -asthenia = weakness -atresia = closure or absence of a normal body opening -cele = hernia, swelling, or protrusion -dynia = pain 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 = condition of -ism = condition of -it is = inflammation -osis = condition -pathy = disease -penia = deficiency or abnormal reduction in number -phobia = fear -plasia = formation or growth

11 Suffixes That Indicate a Condition or Disease (cont.) -rrhagia = abnormal discharge -rrhea = discharge -rrhexis = rupture -sclerosis = condition of hard -spasm = sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

12 Suffixes That Indicate Location, Number, or a Quality -ad = toward -a = singular -ae = plural -emia = condition of blood -hemia = condition of blood 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 All mean pertaining to

14 Suffixes That Indicate a Medical Specialty -iatry = treatment, specialty -logist = one who studies -logy = study or science of -practic = practice

15 Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment -centesis = surgical puncture -clasia, -clasis, -clast = break apart -desis = surgical fixation or fusion -ectomy = surgical excision, removal thyroid/o -ectomy = thyroid = surgical excision thyroidectomy

16 Figure 2.3 Thyroidectomy

17 Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment (cont.) -gram = a record or image -graph = an instrument for recording -graphy = recording process -meter = measuring instrument -metry = process of measuring -pexy = surgical fixation

18 Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment (cont.) -phylaxis = protection -plasty = surgical repair -rrhaphy = suturing -scope = viewing instrument -scopy = process of viewing

19 Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment (cont.) -stomy = surgical creation of opening -tome = cutting instrument -tomy = an incision -tripsy = surgical crushing -ion = process

20 Suffix Quiz 1. -al a. a record or image 2. -opsy b. pertaining to 3. -itis c. inflammation 4. -gram d. recording process 5. -graphy e. view of

21 Suffix Quiz 1. -al a. a record or image 2. -opsy b. pertaining to 3. -itis c. inflammation 4. -gram d. recording process 5. -graphy e. view of