Medical Terminology in a Flash- Chapter 2
Prefix
A word part that comes at the beginning of the medical term
Suffix
A word part that comes at the end of the medical term
Acronyms
Abbreviations formed by using the first letter of each word
Combining form
Created by joining a word root with a combining vowel
Word Root
Does not include a prefix, suffix, or combining vowel
Combining vowel
Is not used if the next word part begins with a vowel
Abbreviations
Lettersx used to save time and simplify the speaking, reading, and writing of medical terms
-phoria
Suffixes that means feeling
Word Root
The main stem, or primary meaning, of the word
False
The suffix -centesis means centimeter
False
The suffix -derma means down
Surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together
The suffix -desis
True
The suffix -dilation means widening, stretching, or expanding
False
The suffix -dipsia means feeling
Excision, surgical removal
The suffix -ectomy
True
The suffix -esthesia means sensation
False
The suffix -graphy means measurement
False
The suffix -ician means technician
False
The suffix -lith means little
False
The suffix -megaly means motion
Measurement
The suffix -metry
True
The suffix -necrosis means tissue death
False
The suffix -osis means oxygen
False
The suffix -osmia means sound
False
The suffix -pause means relaxation
False
The suffix -pexy means pain
False
The suffix -phasia means eating or swallowing
True
The suffix -phobia means fear
True
The suffix -plasty means surgical repair
True
The suffix -rrhaphy means suture or suturing
True
The suffix -rrhea means flow or discharge
Visual Examination
The suffix -scopy
True
The suffix -therapy means treatment
True
The suffix -thorax means chest
True
The suffix -tomy means cutting into or incision
False
The suffix -tripsy means treatment
True
The suffix -trophy means nourishment or growth
-lysis
The suffix that means destruction
-cele
The suffix that means hernia
-stenosis
The suffix that means narrowing or stricture
-static
The suffix that means not in motion or at rest
-gravida
The suffix that means pregnant woman
-graphy
The suffix that means process of recording
-oid
The suffix that means resembling
-rrhexis
The suffix that means rupture
-osmia
The suffix that means smell or odor
-malacia
The suffix that means softening
-lith
The suffix that means stone
-plasty
The suffix that means surgical repair
-oma
The suffix that means tumor
-phonia
The suffix that means voice
-emesis
The suffix that means vomitting
False
The suffixes -acusia, -acusis, and -cusis mean pain
True
The suffixes -algesia, -algestic, -algia, and -dynia mean pain
False
The suffixes -clast and -clasis mean cessation
True
The suffixes -ia and -ism mean condition
Study of
The suffixes -logy and -ology
True
The suffixes -opia, -opsia, -opsis, and -opsy mean vision or view of
False
The suffixes -partum and -tocia mean person
Word Root and Combining Vowel
The three-step deciphering process often does not work with these
Abbreviations
Unrecognized and unapproved use of these may jeopardize patient well-being
Combining vowel
Used to make the medical term easier to pronounce
Suffix
When deciphering medical terms translate this word part first
Symbols
Writing in the patient"s chart
Symbols
Nonletters used to save time and space in documention and communication with other health-care professionals
Pathology terms
Refer to diseases and disorders of all body systems
-rrhage, -rrhagia
Suffixes that mean bursting forth
-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous
Suffixes that mean creating or producing
-cidal and -cide
Suffixes that mean destroying or killing
-phage, -phagia
Suffixes that mean eating or swallowing
-iatrics and -iatry
Suffixes that mean field of medicine
-acusia, -acusis, -cusis
Suffixes that mean hearing
-lepsy, -leptic
Suffixes that mean seizure
-logist ans -ologist
Suffixes that mean specialist in the study of
-opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy
Suffixes that mean vision or view of
