MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Complete! Second Edition CHAPTER 2 Understanding Suffixes Content Review Slides
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 = pertaining to -ic = pertaining to -it is = inflammation -logy = study or science of -meter = measuring, measuring instrument
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
Figure 2.1 A lighted endoscope specialized for insertion into the abdomen, called a laparoscope, is used to view reproductive organs.
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
Suffixes Indicating an Action or State (cont.) -phagia = eating, swallowing -phasia = speaking -physis = growth -plegia = paralysis -oma = tumor -stasis = standing still
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
Figure 2.2 Illustration of a child born with spina bifida, with a large meningocele.
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
Suffixes That Indicate a Condition or Disease (cont.) -rrhagia = abnormal discharge -rrhea = discharge -rrhexis = rupture -sclerosis = condition of hard -spasm = sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
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
Suffixes That Indicate Location, Number, or a Quality (cont.) -ac -al -ar -ary -ic -ous All mean pertaining to
Suffixes That Indicate a Medical Specialty -iatry = treatment, specialty -logist = one who studies -logy = study or science of -practic = practice
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
Figure 2.3 Thyroidectomy
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
Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment (cont.) -phylaxis = protection -plasty = surgical repair -rrhaphy = suturing -scope = viewing instrument -scopy = process of viewing
Suffixes That Indicate a Procedure or Treatment (cont.) -stomy = surgical creation of opening -tome = cutting instrument -tomy = an incision -tripsy = surgical crushing -ion = process
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
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