Medicine Key Words - Greek Suffixes Flashcards
-ectomy
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“Surgical removal of”,
– as in appendectomy, tonsillectomy.
-emia
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“Condition of the blood” or occasionally “congestion of blood in”,
– as in anemia, leukemia, septicemia.
-in, -ine
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“Chemical substance”,
– as in antitoxin, antimelanin, epinephrine.
-itis
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“Inflammation of”, “inflammatory disease of”,
– as in appendicitis, arthritis, tonsillitis.
-meter
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“A device for measuring”,
– as in thermometer.
-logist
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“One who studies”,
– as in cardiologist.
-logy
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“Study of”, “science of”, or rarely “collection of”,
– as in psychology.
-oma
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
Usually “tumor arising in or composed of”; sometimes “swelling containing”; rarely “diseased condition” or “result of”,
– as in melanoma, osteoma, hematoma, trachoma.
-osis
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“Diseased condition of”; sometimes “act of”, “process of”; like -sis (of which this is a form),
– as in psychosis, tuberculosis, hypnosis.
-path
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“One who suffers from a disease of”, “one who treats a disease”,
– as in psychopath, osteopath.
-pathy
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“Disease of” or “treatment of disease of or by”,
– as in neuropathy, hydropathy, osteopathy.
-rrhea
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“Abnormal discharge of” or “flow”,
– as in diarrhea, logorrhea.
-therapy
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“Treatment of or by”,
– as in chemotherapy, heliotherapy, psychotherapy.
-tomy
Suffix or combining form.
Greek.
“Surgical operation on” or “surgical cutting of”,
– as in glossotomy, gastrotomy, tracheotomy, lobotomy.
