Ch2: suffices and combining forms Flashcards
-er, -ist
-iatrician
-logist
-ac, -al, -ic, -ical
-logic, -logical
-iatrics, -iatry
-logy
one who
practitioner
one who studies, specialist
pertaining to
pertaining to the study of
medical profession or treatment
study or science of
ophthalm/o
nas/o, rhin/o
thorac/o
abdomin/o
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
eyes
nose
chest
abdomen
spine
cardi/o
crin/o
dermat/o
esthesi/o
gastr/o, ger/o, geront/o
gynec/o
immun/o
ne/o
nat/o
neur/o
obstetr/o
onc/o
ophthalm/o
orth/o, ped/o
ot/o, laryng/o
path/o
psych/o
radi/o
rheumat/o
rhin/o
ur/o
heart
to secrete
skin
feeling or sensation
stomach, intestines’
elderly
female
immune
new, birth
nerve
midwife
tumor
eye
straight, child
ear, larynx
disease
child
mind
radiation (radius)
rheumatism
nose
urinary track
internist (internal medicine)
specialist that deals specifically with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal structures of the body
rheumatology
is the branch of medicine that deals with rheumatic disorders (inflammation, degeneration, etc with CT)
endocrinology
the science of the endocrine glands and the hormones they produce
ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
old age, the aged
epidemiologits
physician who studies the incidence, prevalence, spread, preventation, and control of disease in a community
forensic medicine
legal aspects of health care
-centesis
-ectomy
-lysis
-pexy
-plasty
-rrhaphy
-scopy
-stomy
-tome
-tomy
-tripsy
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
excision (sugical fixation)
process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
surgical fixation
surgical repair
suture
visual examination with a lighted instrument
formation of an opening
an instrument used for cutting
incision
surgical crushing
example of a centesis
amniocentesis
aden/o
angi/o
append/o, appendic/o
bi/o
blephar/o
cerebr/o, encephal/o
chir/o
col/o
cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o
faci/o
hepat/o
mamm/o, mast/o
muscul/o, my/o
myel/o
oste/o
pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o
tonsill/o
trache/o
vas/o
gland
vessel
appendix
life or living
eyelid
brain
hand
colon or large intestine
skin
face
liver
breast
muscle
bone marrow or spinal cord
bone
lungs
tonsil
trachear
vessel
-aligia, - dynia
-cele
-ecstasia, -ectasis
-edema
-emesis
-emia
-ia, -iasis
pain
hernia
dilatation
swelling
vomiting
condition of the blood
condition
-itis
-lith
-malacia
-mania
-megaly
-oid
-oma
-osis
-pathy
-penia
-phobia
-ptosis
-rrhage, -rrhagia
-rrhea
-rrhexis
-spasm
-stasis
inflammation
stone or calculus
soft, softening
excessive preoccupation
enlargement
resembling
tumor
condition
disease
deficiency
abnormal fear
prolapse (sagging)
excessive bleeding or hemorrage
flow or discharge
rupture
twitching, cramp
stopping, controlling
-able, -ible
-ase
-eum, -ium
-ia, -ism
-iac
-opia
-ose
-ous
-y
capable of
enzyme
membrane
condiiton or theory
one who suffers
vision
sugar
characterized by/pertaining to
state or condition
adip/o, lip/o
amyl/o
glyc/o
hemat/o
lact/o
lith/o
micro-
muc/o
prote/o, protein/o
pyr/o
fat
starch
sugar
blood
milk
stone
small
mucus
protein
fire
