Chapter 2-Suffixes Flashcards
Hemat
blood
-emesis
vomitting
Arthr
joint
-itis
inflammation
Oste
bone
-oma
tumor
-logy
study of
-centesis
surgical puncture
-dynia
pain
Encephal
brain
mening
meninges
-pathy
disease
Surgical suffixes
describe a type of invasive procedure performed on a body part
Diagnostic suffixes
describe a procedure performed to identify the cause and nature of an illness
Pathological suffixes
describe abnormal condition or disease
-clasis
to break; surgical fracture
-desis
binding, fixation (bone and joint)
-ectomy
excision, removal
-lysis
seperation, destruction
-pexy
fixation (of organ)
-rrhaphy
suture
-stomy
forming an opening
-tome
instrument to cut
-tomy
incision
-tripsy
crushing
append
appendix
thromb
blood clot
rhin/o
nose
my/o
muscle
trache/o
trachea
lith/o
stone, calculus
mast/o
breast
-gram
record, writing
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-scope
instrument for examining
-scopy
visual examination
electr/o
electrical
endo-
within
-algia
pain