final review pt1 (suffixes)

-graphy

process of recording

EX: Mammography (an x-ray process for examining the breast)

-centesis

surgical punture to remove fluid

EX: Thoracentesis (a puncture to remove fluid from the chest cavity)

-tomy

incision to

EX: Rhinotomy (incision to the nose)

-plasty

surgical repair

EX: Rhinoplasty (surgical procedure to modify nose)

-stomy

opening

EX: Gastrostomy (surgical opening in the stomach)

-gram

record

EX: Electrocardiogram (a record of the electrical activity of the heart)

-ectomy

removal, resection

EX: Vasectomy (removal and sealing of the vas deferens, the tubes that carry sperm from the testicles)

-scopy

process of visual examination

EX: Colonoscopy (process of visually examining the colon)

-lysis

separation, destruction, breakdown

EX: Glycolysis (metabolic pathway that breaks down glucose into pyruvate)

-rrhage

excessive discharge, bursting

EX: Hemorrhage (loss of blood from damages blood vessels, ex: postpartum hemorrhage)

-sclerosis

hardening

EX: Multiple Sclerosis (hardening of nerve tissue)

-pathy

disease, condition

EX: Retinopathy (disease of the retina)

-emia

blood condition

-oma

tumor, mass

EX: Sarcoma (cancer in the body’s connective tissues such as bone, muscle, fat)

-megaly

enlargement

EX: Cardiomegaly (enlargement of the heart)

-rrhea

flow, discharge

EX: Diarrhea (watery stool) 

-osis

condition, process

EX: Fibrosis (the formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue)

-uria

condition of urine

EX: Hematuria (blood in urine)

-algia

pain

EX: Fibromyalgia (widespread muscle pain)

-desis

binding

EX: Arthrodesis (surgical joint fusion, a procedure that permanently connects bones in a joint to eliminate movement, thereby relieving severe pain from conditions like arthritis)

-dynia

pain

EX: Coccydynia (pain i the coccyx or tailbone)

-dipsia

condition of thirst

EX: Hydroadipsia (the loss of thirst for water)

-emesis

vomiting condition

EX: Hematemesis (vomiting blood)

-gnosis

knowledge

EX: Diagnosis

-genic

formative, pertaining to producing

EX: Pathogenic (disease causing)

-ismus

spasm, contraction

-iatro

of or pertaining to medicine, or a physician

-emia

blood condition

EX: Anemia

-globin

protein

-cyte

cell

EX: Leukocyte