Surgical Suffixes- Unit 2 Flashcards
Out of, away, from
ex
Cut
tomos
opening like a mouth
stoma
Instrument used to cut slices
tome
Cut into, incise, incision
tomy
Cut out, remove, excise, excision
ectomy
Cut a new surgical opening
ostomy
Duodenum- first section or the small intestines
duoden/o
Inflammation
itis
To write or record
graph
Picture or record
gram
Suffix means pain
-algia
Heart
Cardi/o
Combining form for electrical
electr/o
Combining form meaning sound
son/o
Combining form meaning sound made by reflected sound waves
ech/o
Combining form meaning ray
radi/o
Combining form meaning disease
path/I
Reflection through the skin of bright yellow in the blood plasma
Jaundice
Skin
Derma
Suffix means cell
-cyte
Suffix means embryonic or immature cell
-blast
Suffix for blood
-emia
Green
Chlor/o
Yellow
Xanth/o
Red
Erythr/o
White
Leuk/o
Black
Melan/o
Suffix meaning an instrument used to measure or count something
-meter
Suffix meaning the process of mean during or counting something
-metry
Blood clot
Thromb/o
Tissue
Hist/o
Large
Megal/o
Immature cell
Blastocyte
Heart pain
Cardialgia
Physician specialist in heart disease
Cardiologist
Enlarged heart
Cardiomegaly
Blueness of the skin
Cyanoderma
Condition of blueness
Cyanosis
A technologist who studies cellular disease
Cytologist
The science of studying cells
Cytology
Instrument used to count cells
Cytometer
Process of using a cytometer
Cytometry
The science of studying the skin
Dermatology
Instrument used to cut slices of skin tissue
Dermatome
Pertaining to the duodenum
Duodenal
Incision into the duodenum
Duodenotomy
First part of the small intestine
Duodenum
Sonography of the heart
Echocardiography
Electrocardiogram
Picture
Instrument that produces the electrocardiogram
Electrocardiograph
Process of using the electrocardiograph
Electrocardiography
Reddened skin
Erythema
Abnormally red blood due to too many erythrocytes
Erythremia
Immature red blood cells
Erythroblast
Red blood cells
Erythrocytopenia
High numbers of erythrocytes
Erythrocytosis
Redness of skin
Erythroderma
The study of the origin of the cause of disease
Etiology
Stomach pain
Gastralgia
Excision of stomach
Gastrectomy
Pertaining to the stomach
Gastric
Making a new opening between the stomach and duodenum
Gastroduodenostomy
Enlarged stomach
Gastromegaly
Making a new opening in the stomach
Gastrostomy
Immature tissue cells
Histoblast
The science if studying tissues
Histology
Pertaining to below the dermis
Hypodermic
Tissue condition of redness, swelling, hear
Inflammation
Blood cancer involving leukocyte and bone marrow
Leukemia
Low numbers of leukocytes
Leukocytopenia
High numbers of leukocytes
Leukocytosis
Abnormally white skin
Leukoderma
Pertaining to the lymph system
Lymphatic
Obstructed lymph vessels causing fluid buildup in tissues
Lymphedema
Lymphatic system white blood cells
Lymphocyte
Abnormally enlarged self-image
Megalomania
Immature melanocytes
Melanoblast
Pigment cell
Melanocyte
Dark patches of skin
Melanoderma
Physician specialist in the study of disease
Pathologist
The science of studying disease
Pathology
X-ray picture
Radiogram
Process of producing radiograms
Radiography
Instrument used to produce the radiogram or the X-ray film
Radiograph
Physician specialist in the interpretation of radiograms and other diagnostic imaging modalities
Radiologist
Image of the body produced by computerized reflected sound
Sonogram
Instrument that reflects sound waves through the body, picks then up with a transducer and uses a computer to create an image of body structures
Sonography
Technologist who performs sonography
Sonographer
Process of using a sonograph
Sonography
Platelets, blood-clotting cell fragments
Thrombocytes
Low numbers of thrombocytes
Thrombocytopenia
High numbers of thrombocytes
Thrombocytosis
Picture made by a tomograph
Tomogram
Instrument that uses X-ray to produce images through planes of the body
Tomograph
The process of using a tomograph
Tomography
Yellow condition of the blood
Xanthemia
