Suffixes Flashcards
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Diagnostic suffixes
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describe disease conditions or their symptoms
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Procedural suffixes
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describe procedures used in patient care
3
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-algia
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pain
4
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-emia
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blood condition
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-ia
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condition
6
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Examples:
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Myalgia
Neuralgia
Leukemia
Septicemia
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-itis
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inflammation
8
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-megaly
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enlargement
9
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-oma
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tumor, mass
10
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Examples:
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Bronchitis Meningitis Phlebitis Cardiomegaly Hepatomegaly Melanoma
11
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-osis
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condition, abnormal
12
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-pathy
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disease condition
13
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Examples:
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Necrosis
Leukocytosis
Encephalopathy
Cardiomyopathy
14
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
15
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-rrhage
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excessive
16
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-rrhagia
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discharge of blood
17
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Examples:
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Rhinorrhea
Diarrhea
18
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-sclerosis
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hardening
19
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-uria
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condition of urine
20
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Each of these means “pertaining to”
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- al or -eal
- ar
- ary
- ic
21
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
22
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-ectomy
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removal, resection, excision
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-gram
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record
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-lysis
separation, breakdown, destruction
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-plasty
surgical repair or surgical correction
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-scopy
process of visual examination
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-stomy
opening
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-therapy
treatment
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-tomy
incision, to cut into
