SUFFIX Flashcards
algia, algesia
pain analgesia:WITHOUT PAIN neuralgia:PAIN TRAVELING ALONG NERVE PATH.IE:SHINGLES OTALGIA:EAR PAIN GASTRALGIA:STOMACH PAIN
CELE
SWELLING, HERNIA
CYSTOCELE: WOMAN’S URINARY BLADDER GOING INTO VAGINA
RECTOCELE:WOMAN’S front wall of the rectum GOING into the back of the vagina
CISE
TO CUT
EXCISE:TO REMOVE BY CUTTING
INCISION:ACT OF CUTTING
ECTASIA,ECTASIS
TO DILATE-TO OPEN
ARTERIECTASIS-DILATING OF AN ARTERY
ECTOMY
SURGICAL REMOVAL OF NEPHRECTOMY:REMOVAL OF KIDNEY PNEUMONECTOMY:REMOVAL OF LUNG SALPINGECTOMY:REMOVAL OF FALLOPIAN TUBE CHOLECYSTECTOMY:REMOVAL OF GALL BLADDER
EMIA
BLOOD
HYPERGLYCEMIA:HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HYPOGLYCEMIA:LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
ESTHESIA
SENSATION
ANESTHESIA:REMOVE FEELING
GRAM
RECORD,TRACING,X-RAY PICTURE
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM:TRACING OF HEART RATE
ANGIOGRAM:XRAY OF A VESSEL
CYSTOGRAM: XRAY OF BLADDER
CENTESIS
PUNCTURE OF A CAVITY
THORACENTESIS:a needle is inserted into the pleural space between the lungs and the chest wall
IE:PUTTING A TUBE INTO CHEST
THORACOCENTESIS:PUNCTURING INTO CHEST CAVITY TO REMOVE AIR/FLUID
IA,IASIS,OSIS,ISM,SIS
CONDITION OF HAVING
cholelithiasis: condition of having gallstones
diverticulosis: a condition in which there are small pouches or pockets in the wall or lining of any portion of the digestive tract…IE:CAUSES CONSTIPATION/ABDOMINAL PAIN
ITIS
INFLAMMATION OF
GASTRITIS:INFLAMMATION OF STOMACH
COLITIS:INFLAMMATION OF COLON
IUM
METALLIC ELEMENT
SODIUM: AN ELEMENT IN METAL FAMILY
LYSIS
DESTRUCTION OF
HEMOLYSIS:DESTRUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS
OID
RESEMBLING SOMETHING
OSEOID:SOMETHING THAT RESEMBLES BONE BUT ISN’T
SPERMATOID: resembling sperm
OMA
TUMOR
CARCINOMA:MALIGNANT TUMOR
LIPOMA: FATTY TUMOR
MELANOMA:BLACK PIGMENT ON SKIN, SKIN CANCER, MALIGNANT MOLE
ORRHAPHY
REPAIR BY SUTURING
HERNIORRHAPHY:REPAIRING OF HERNIA
NEURORRHAPHY: REPAIRING OF A NERVE/NERVES
OSCOPY
EXAMINATION BY VIEWING
GASTROSCOPY: tube called an endoscope is used to look inside the oesophagus (gullet), stomach and first part of the small intestine (duodenum). UPPER PART OF GASTROINTESTINAL.
BRONCHOSCOPY:a thin tube (bronchoscope) is passed through your nose or mouth, down your throat and into your lungs. PERFORMED BY PULMONOLOGIST
OSTOMY
FORMING A NEW OPENING
TRACHEOSTOMY:creating an opening in the neck in order to place a tube into a person’s windpipe. Allowing air to enter the lungs
COLOSTOMY:operation in which a piece of the colon is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall so as to bypass a damaged part of the colon
pexy
surgical fixation
nephropexy: : surgical fixation of a floating kidney
plasty
surgical repair, revision
rhinoplasty: surgery that changes the shape of the nose
blepharoplasty: type of surgery that repairs droopy eyelids
cystoplasty: surgical revision of the bladder
plegia
paralysis
hemiplegia:paralysis of one side of the body.
paraplegia:paralysis that occurs in the lower half of the body.
pnea
breathing
apnea:temporary stopping of breathing, especially during sleep
dyspnea: difficult or labored breathing
tachypnea: fast breathing
ptosis
prolapsed, fell out of place
hysteroptosis: uterus outside the body
rhage, orrhea
bleeding, flow
hemorrhage:, loss of blood from damaged blood vessels. A hemorrhage may be internal or external, and usually involves a lot of bleeding in a short time.
dysmenorrhea: pain with your period
rhinorrhea: runny nose
scope
an instrument for viewing, examining
esophagoscope:an instrument for the inspection or treatment of the esophagus
otoscope:medical device which is used to look into the ears.
phobia
IRRATIONAL FEAR
claustrophobia: extreme or irrational fear of confined places.
Photophobia:light sensitivity, is an intolerance of light
HYDROPHOBIA: FEAR OF WATER
sclerosis
hard/HARDENING
arteriosclerosis: blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients from your heart to the rest of your body (arteries) become thick and stiff
nephrosclerosis: progressive disease of the kidneys that results from sclerosis (hardening) of the small blood vessels in the kidneys
tripsy
surgical crushing
lithotripsy: procedure that uses shock waves to break up stones in the kidney and parts of the ureter
uria
pertaining to urine
hematuria: BLOOD IN URINE
polyuria: EXCESSIVE URINATION
PEPSIA
DIGESTION
DYSPEPSIA: HEARTBURN/indigestion
SPASM
sudden contraction of muscles
MYOSPASM: involuntary contraction of a muscle
