Ch. 2 Suffixes

-emia

condition of the blood

-uria

condition of the urine

-tripsy

crushing

-lysis

destruction

-trophic

development

What is the definition of -pepsia?

digestion

-ectasis

dilated, stretched out

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-pathy

disease

What can a suffix indicate?

disease or abnormal conditions surgical procedures diagnostic procedure medical specialties or personnel can convert root words into adjectives general meaning

-ptosis

drooping

What is the word that means "pertaining to the duodenum"?

duodenal

-poiesis

formation

-plasm

formation, development

What is the definition of -plasm?

formation, development

What is the word that means "pertaining to the stomach"?

gastric

-sclerosis

hardened condition

What is the word that means "pertaining to the liver"?

hepatic

-cele

hernia, protrusion

-itis

inflammation

-meter

instrument for measuring

-graph

instrument for recording

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction

-toxic

poisoning

-porosis

porus

What is the definition of -porosis?

porus

-cyesis

pregnancy

-gravida

pregnancy

What is the definition of -cyesis?

pregnany

-oid

resembling

-rhexis

rupture

-osmia

sense of smell

-derma

skin condition

-cle

small

What is the meaning & category of -lith?

stone in disease or abnormal conditions

-stasis

stopping

-logy

study of

-clasia

surgical breaking

What is the meaning & category of -clasia

surgical breaking in surgical procedures

-desis

surgical fixation

-pexy

surgical fixation

What is the meaning & category of -ectomy?

surgical removal in surgical procedures

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-plasty

surgical repair

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-rrhaphy

suture

-edema

swelling

-gen

that which produces

What is the meaning & category of -graphy?

the process of recording in surgical procedures

Suffixes that convert word roots into adjectives

-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -atic, -eal, -ic, -ine, -ior, -nic, -ory, -ose, -ous, -tic

Suffixes that indicate diseases or abnormal conditions

-algia, -asthenia, -cele, -dynia, -cytosis, -ectasis, -edema, -emesis, -emia, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -itis, -lith, -lysis, -lystic, -malacia, -megaly, -oma, -osis, -pathy, -penia, -phobia, -plegia, -ptosis, -rrhage, -rrhagia, -rrhea, -rrhexis, -sclerosis, -spasm, -stasis, -stenosis, -toxic, -uria

Suffixes that indicate diagnostic procedures

-centesis, -gram, -graph, -graphy, -manometer, -meter, -metry, -scope, -scopy

Suffixes that indicate surgical procedure

-clasia, -desis, -ectomy, -ostomy, -pexy, -plasty, -rrhaphy, -tome, -tripsy

Suffixes that indicate medical specialists or personnel

-er, -iatric, -iatrist, -iatry, -ician, -ist, -logist, -logy

What is a suffix?

a special ending at the end of word with a speceific meaning

-cystosis

abnormal cell condition (too many)

-iasis

abnormal condition

-osis

abnormal condition

-malacia

abnormal softening

-phil

attracted to

-partum

birth, labor

-pnea

breathing

What is the definition of -pnea?

breathing

-rrhage

bursting forth

-rrhegia

bursting forth

What is the word that means "pertaining to the heart"?

cardiac

-cyte

cell

What is the definition of -cyte?

cell

What is the meaning & category of -cyte?

cell in general suffixes

-thorax

chest

What is the meaning & category of -thorax?

chest in general suffixes

What is the meaning & category of -otomy?

cutting into in surgical procedures

-otomy

cutting into, incision

-lytic

destruction

What is the meaning & category of -lysis?

destruction in diseases or abnormal conditions

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-megaly

enlargement, large

What is the word that means "pertaining to the esophagus"?

esophageal

-phobia

fear

-esthesia

feeling, sensation

-manometer

instrument for measuring pressure

-scope

instrument for viewing

-tome

instrument to cut

What is the meaning & category of -scope?

instrument to view in surgical procedures

-iatric

medical speciality

-kinesis

movement

What is the definition of -kinesia?

movement

-stenosis

narrowing

general suffixes

no speceific meaning

-trophy

nourishment, devlopment

-er

one who

-logist

one who studies

What is the word that means "pertaining to the ovary"?

ovarian

-oxia

oxygen

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-plegia

paralysis

What is the meaning & category of -plegia?

paralysis in disease or abnormal condition

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-an

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-atic

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ine

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-nic

pertaining to

-ory

pertaining to

-ose

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-iatrist

physician

-genesis

procedure, generates

-metry

process of measuring

What is the meaning & category of --metry?

process of measuring in surgical procedures

-graphy

process of recording

-scopy

process of visually examining

-genic

producing

What is the definition of -genic?

producing

-globin

protein

-globulin

protein

What is the word that means "pertaining to the lungs"?

pulmonary

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-gram

record or picture

-ole

small

-ule

small

-ician

specialist

-ist

specialist

-phasia

speech

What is the definition of -phasia?

speech

-pytsis

spitting up, coughing up

-ism

state of, condition

-ia

state, condition

-lith

stone

-dipsia

thirst

What is the definition of -dipsia?

thirst

-para

to bear (offspring)

-penia

to few

-therapy

treatment

What is the definition of -therapy?

treatment

-iatry

treatment, medicine

-oma

tumor, mass

What is the word that means "pertaining to the uterus"?

uterine

What is the word that means "pertaining to a vein"?

venous

What is the word that means "pertaining to a ventricle"?

ventricular

-opsy

view of

-opia

vision

What is the definition of -opia?

vision

-phonia

voice

-emesis

vomiting

What is the meaning & category of -emesis?

vomiting in diseases or abnormal conditions

-asthenia

weakness