Medical Terminology in a Flash- Chapter 2

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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


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