Chapter 2 Suffixes & Combining Forms Flashcards
Medical Specialists, Medical Specialties, Surgical Procedures, Body Structures, Symptoms & Diagnosis, Common Abbreviations, Other
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Medical Specialists
-er -ist
A
one who
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Q
Medical Specialists
-iatrician
A
practitioner
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Medical Specialists
-logist
A
one who studies or specializes
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Q
Medical Specialists
-ic -ac -al -ical
A
pertaining to
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Q
Medical Specialists
-logic -logical
A
pertaining to study of
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Q
Medical Specialists
-iatrics -iatry
A
medical profession/treatment
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Q
Medical Specialists
-logy
A
study/ science of
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Q
Medical Specialties
cardi/o
A
heart
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Q
Medical Specialties
crin/o
A
to secrete
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Q
Medical Specialties
dermat/o
A
skin
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Q
Medical Specialties
ger/a ger/o geront/o
A
elderly or aged
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Q
Medical Specialties
gynec/o
A
female (disorders)
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Q
Medical Specialties
esthesi/o
A
feeling/sensation
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Q
Medical Specialties
gastr/o
A
stomach
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Q
Medical Specialties
enter/o
A
small intestines
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Q
Medical Specialties
immun/o
A
immune system
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Q
Medical Specialties
laryng/o
A
larynx (voicebox)
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Q
Medical Specialties
ne/o nat/o
A
new or birth
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Q
Medical Specialties
neur/o
A
nerve(s)
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Q
Medical Specialties
obstetr/o
A
obstetrics/midwifery
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Q
Medical Specialties
onc/o -oma
A
tumors
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Q
Medical Specialties
ophthalm/o
A
eye(s)
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Q
Medical Specialties
ot/o
A
ear(s)
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Q
Medical Specialties
orth/o
A
straight
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Medical Specialties
ped/o
child
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Medical Specialties
pod/o
foot
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Medical Specialties
path/o -pathy
disease
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Medical Specialties
psych/o
mind
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Medical Specialties
radi/o
radiation (radius)
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Medical Specialties
rheumat/o
rheumatism (connective tissue disorder
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Medical Specialties
rhin/o nas/o
nose
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Medical Specialties
ur/o
urinary tract (urine)
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Surgical Procedures
-centesis
surgical puncture (to remove fluid)
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Surgical Procedures
-ectomy
surgical removal (excision)
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Surgical Procedures
-lysis
loosening, freeing, destroying
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Surgical Procedures
-pexy
surgical fixation (fastening in fixed position)
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Surgical Procedures
-plasty
surgical repair
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Surgical Procedures
-rrhaphy
suture (uniting wound by stitches)
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Surgical Procedures
-scope
tool to view
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Surgical Procedures
-scopy
process to viewing
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Surgical Procedures
-stomy
surgical formation of an opening
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Surgical Procedures
-tome
instrument used for cutting
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Surgical Procedures
-tomy
incision (cutting into tissue)
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Surgical Procedures
-tripsy
surgical crushing
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Body Structures
aden/o
gland
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Body Structures
angi/o
vessel
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Body Structures
append/o appendic/o
appendix
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Body Structures
bi/o
life or living
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Body Structures
blephar/o
eyelid
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Body Structures
cerebr/o encephal/o
brain
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Body Structures
chir/o
hand
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Body Structures
col/o
colon or large intestine
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Body Structures
cutane/o derm/a dermat/o
skin
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Body Structures
faci/o
face
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Body Structures
hepat/o
liver
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Body Structures
mamm/o mast/o
breast
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Body Structures
muscul/o my/o
muscle
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Body Structures
myel/o
bone marrow or spinal cord
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Body Structures
oste/o
bone
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Body Structures
pulm/o pulmon/o pneum/o pneumon/o
lungs
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Body Structures
tonsill/o
tonsil
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Body Structures
trache/o
trachea or windpipe
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Body Structures
vas/o
vessel or ductus deferens (sperm duct)
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-algia dynia
pain
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-cele
hernia (protrusion through)
66
Symptoms- Diagnosis
-ecstasia -ectasis
dilation (stretching)
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-edema
swelling
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-emesis
vomiting
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-emia
condition of blood
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-ia -iasis
condition
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-itis
inflammation
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-lith lith/o
stone or calculus
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-malacia
soft or softening
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-mania
excessive preoccupation
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-megaly
enlargement
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-oid
resembling
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-osis
(abnormal) condition
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-pathy
disease
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-penia
deficiency
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-phobia
abnormal fear
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-ptosis
prolapse (sagging)
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-rrhagia -rrhage
excessive bleeding (example: hemorrhage)
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-rrhea
flow or discharge
84
Symptoms- Diagnosis
-rrhexis
rupture
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-spasm
twitching, cramp, spasm
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Symptoms- Diagnosis
-stasis
stopping or controlling
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Other
-able -ible
capable of, able to
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Other
Most Common -ic -ac -al
Not as Common -an -ar -ary -eal -ive -tic
pertaining to
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Other
-ase
enzyme
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Other
-eum ium
membrane
91
Other
-ia -ism
condition, theory
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Other
-iac
one who suffers
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Other
-opia opt/o
vision
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Other
-ose
sugar
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Other
-ous
pertaining to, characterized by
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Other
-y
state or condition
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Other
adip/o lip/o
fat
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Other
amyl/o
starch
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Other
glyc/o
sugar
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Other
hemat/o
blood
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Other
lact/o
milk
102
Other
micr/o
small
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Other
muc/o
mucus
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Other
prote/o protein/o
protein
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Other
phleb/o
vein
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Other
pyr/o
fire
107
Common Abbreviations
CA
cancer
108
Common Abbreviations
ED
Emergency Department
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Common Abbreviations
ENT
ear, nose and throat
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Common Abbreviations
ER
Emergency Room
111
Common Abbreviations
GP
General Practitioner
112
Common Abbreviations
GYN
gynecology
113
Common Abbreviations
ICU
Intensive care unit
114
Common Abbreviations
OB
obstetrics
115
Common Abbreviations
PA
Physician Assistant
