medical suffixes Flashcards
what does a medical suffix indicate?
- condition
- disease
- procedure
what is one thing every medical term must have?
a medical suffix
-algia
common
pain
gastralgia - stomach pain
-cele
common
hernia, protrusion
cystocele - protrusion of the bladder
-cyte
common
cell
erythrocyte - red cell
-dynia
common
pain
cardiodynia - heart pain
-ectasis
common
dilation
bronchiectasis - dilated bronchi
-gen
common
that which produces
pathogen - that which produces disease
-genesis
common
produces, gernerates
spermatogenesis - produces sperm
-genic
common
producing, produced by
carinogenic - producing cancer
-ia
state, condition
bradycardia - condition of slow heart
-iasis
common
abnormal condition
lithiasis - abnormal condition of stones
-iatry
common
medical treatment
podiatry - medical treatment of the foot
-ism
common
state of
hypothryoidism - state of low thyroid
-itis
common
inflammation
dermatitis - inflammation of the skin
-logist
common
one who studies
cardiologist - one who studies the heart
-logy
common
study of
cardiology - study of the heart
-lysis
common
destruction
hemolysis - blood destruction
-lytic
common
destruction
throbolytic - clot destruction
-malacia
common
abnormal softening
chondromalacia - abnormal cartilage softening
-megaly
common
enlargement, large
cardiomegaly - enlarged heart
-oma
common
tumor, mass, swelling
carcinoma - cancerous tumor
-oid
common
resembling
fibroid - resembling fibers
-osis
common
abnormal condition
cyanosis - abnormal condition of being blue
-pathy
common
disease
myopathy - muscle disease
-phobia
common
fear
photophobia - fear of light
-plasia
common
development, growth
hyperplasia - excessive development
-plasm
common
formation, development
neoplasm - new formation
-ptosis
common
drooping
blepharoptosis - drooping eyelid
-rrhage
common
excessive, abnormal flow
hemorrhage - excessive bleeding
-rrhagia
common
abnormal flow condition
cystorrhagia - abnormal flow from the bladder
-rrhea
common
discharge, flow
rhinorrhea - discharge from the nose
-rrhexis
common
rupture
hysterorrhexis - ruptured uterus
-sclerosis
common
hardening
arteriosclerosis - hardening of an artery
-stenosis
common
narrowing
angiostenosis - narrowing of a vessel
-therapy
common
treatment
chemotherapy - treatment with chemicals
-trophy
common
nourishment, development
hypertrophy - excessive development
-ule
common
small
venule - small vein
-centesis
surgical
puncture to withdraw fluid
arthrocentesis - puncture to withdraw fluid from a joint
-ectomy
surgical
surgical removal
gastretomy - surgically remove the stomach
-ostomy
surgical
surgically create an opening
colostomy - surgically create an opening for the colon
-otomy
surgical
cutting into
thoractomy - cutting into the chest
-pexy
surgical
surgical fixation
nephropexy - surgical fixation of a kidney
-plasty
surgical
surgical repair
dermatoplasty - surgical repair of the skin
-rraphy
surgical
suture
myorraphy - surture together through muscle
-gram
procedural
record or picture
electrocardiogram - record of heart’s elecrticity
-graph
procedual
instrument for recording
electrocardiograph - instrument for recording electricity of the heart
-graphy
surgical
process of recording
electrocardiography - recording the electical activity of the heart
-meter
procedural
instrument for measuring
audiometer - instrument for measuring hearing
-metry
procedural
process of measuring
audiometry - process of measuring hearing
-scope
procedural
instrument for viewing
gastroscope - instrument to view stomach
-scopy
procedural
process of visually examining
gastroscopy - process of visually examining the stomach
