suffix Flashcards
-cele
hernia, ie: rectocele, cystocele
-algia
pain, ie: neuralgia, myalgia, arthralgia, otalgia
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
ie: abdominocentesis
-coccus / -cocci
berry-shaped. bacterium; streptococcus, staphylococci;
bacteria in clusters is considered..
“staph”
-cyte
cell; erythrocyte, leukocyte, thrombocyte
-dynia
pain; pleurodynia (pain in the chest wall muscles that is aggravated by breathing
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection; laryngectomy, mastectomy
-emia
blood condition; anemia, ischemia (blood flow/O2 is restricted to a certain body part)
-genesis
condition of producing, forming; carcinogenesis, pathogenesis, angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels)
-gram
record; electroencephalogram, mammogram
-graph
instrument for recording; electroencephalograph
-graphy
process of recording; electroencephalography (EEG to diagnose epilepsy, sleep disorders, brain tumors)
-itis
inflammation; bronchitis, myelitis (myel/o means spinal cord in this term), tonsillitis, thrombophlebitis (blood clot forms and creates a block in the vein, usually the legs)
-logy
study of; ophthalmology, morphology
-lysis
breakdown, separation, destruction; hemolysis (normal breakdown of RBC)
excessive breakdown of RBC can lead to..
hemolytic anemia
-malacia
softening; osteomalacia (soft bone disease - vit D/calcium/phosphate deficiency), chondromalacia (damage to the cartilage around a bone)
-megaly
enlargement; acromegaly (rare condition where the body produces too much growth hormone (hands & feet look larger), splenomegaly
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid; myoma, myosarcoma, multiple myeloma (myel/o means bone marrow here), hematoma
myosarcoma
malignant muscle tumor
myomas
small, non-cancerous tumors that develop in or around the uterus
multiple myeloma
cancer of the blood (aka Kahler’s Disease) that develops in plasma cells in the bone marrow
-opsy
to view; biopsy, necropsy/autopsy
-osis
condition, usually abnormal; necrosis, hydronephrosis (when the kidneys swell because they can’t eliminate the urine), leukocytosis (elevated WBC)
-pathy
disease condition; cardiomyopathy (primary disease of the heart muscle in the absence of a known underlying etiology) aka heart muscle disease
-penia
deficiency; erythropenia (abnormal decrease in RBC), neutropenia (lack of infection-fighting WBC), thrombocytopenia (decrease in platelets)
-phobia
far; acrophobia (fear of heights)
-plasia
development, formation, growth; achondroplasia (inherited disorder or mutation in a gene where bones of arms and legs do not grow normal size b/c of a defect in cartilage and bone formation (dwarfism)
-plasty
surgical repair; angioplasty (an interventional cardiologists opens a narrowed artery using an inflated balloon after insertion into the vessel, stents are put in place to keep the artery open)
