Medical term 2

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Suffixes

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Learning Objectives
•Identify and define useful diagnostic
and procedural suffixes.
•Analyze, spell, and pronounce medical
terms that contain diagnostic and
procedural suffixes.

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Combining Forms
Combining Forms
aden/o
amni/o
angi/o
arteri/o
arthr/o
ather/o
axill/o
bronch/o
bronchi/o
Meaning
gland
amnion
vessel
artery
joint
plaque
armpit
bronchial tube
bronchial tube

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Combining Forms (cont’d.)
Combining Forms
•carcin/o
•cardi/o
•chem/o
•cholecyst/o
•chron/o
•col/o
•cyst/o
Meaning
cancerous
heart
drugs
gallbladder
time
colon
urinary bladder

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Suffixes
Suffixes are divided into two groups:
•Diagnoses-describe disease conditions or
their symptoms
•Procedures-describe procedures used in
patient care

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Diagnostic Suffixes
Suffix
-algia
-emia
-ia
-itis
-megaly
-oma
-osis
Meaning
pain
blood condition
condition
inflammation
enlargement
tumor, mass
condition, abnormal

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Diagnostic Suffixes (cont’d.)
•-pathy
•-rrhea
•-rrhage
•-sclerosis
•-uria
•-ar
•-ary
•-ic
disease condition
flow, discharge
excessive discharge
Hardening
condition of urine
pertaining to
pertaining to
pertaining to

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Diagnostic Suffixes
Suffixes that describe diagnoses
Noun
Suffix Meaning Term
-algia pain otalgia
-emia blood condition leukemia
-ia condition/disease pneumonia
-megalyenlargement hepatomegaly

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Diagnostic Suffixes
•-centesis
•-ectomy
•-graphy
•-lysis
surgical puncture to
remove fluid
removal, resection
process of recording
separation, destruction

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Diagnostic Suffixes
•-plasty
•-scopy
•-stomy
•-tomy
surgical repair
process of visual
examination
opening
incision

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Procedural Suffixes
Suffixes that describe procedures
Suffix Meaning Term
-centesissurgical puncture thoracentesis
to remove fluid
-ectomyremoval tonsillectomy
-gram record myelogram
-graphyprocess of angiography
recording

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Pronunciation
Term Pronunciation
acute ah-KUT
adenocarcinoma ah-deh-no-kar-sih-NO-
mah
bronchoscopy brong-KOS-ko-pe
cardiomyopathy kar-de-o-mi-OP-ah-the
erythrocytosis eh-rith-ro-si-TO-sis

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Pronunciation (cont’d.)
Term Pronunciation
hematuria he-mah-TUR-e-ah
ischemia is-KE-me-ah
laparoscopy lap-ah-ROS-ko-pe
mammoplasty MAM-o-plas-te
phlebotomy fleh-BOT-o-me

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Pronunciation (cont’d.)
Term Pronunciation
otalgia o-TAL-jah
rhinoplasty RI-no-plas-te
rhinorrhea ri-no-RE-ah
salpingectomy sal-ping-JEK-to-me
septicemia sep-tih-SE-me-ah

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Pronunciation (cont’d.)
Term Pronunciation
thoracentesis tho-rah-sen-TE-sis
tonsillectomy ton-sih-LEK-to-me
uremia u-RE-me-ah
vascular VAS-ku-lar