Chapter 2: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy

Vocabulary flashcards covering medical suffixes and combining forms based on the Chapter 2 lecture notes.

-er, -ist

one who

-iatrician

practitioner

-iatrics, -iatry

medical profession or treatment

-logist

one who studies; specialist

-logy

study or science of

-logic, -logical

pertaining to the study of

-ac, -al, -ic, -ical

pertaining to

cardi/o

heart

crin/o

to secrete

dermat/o

skin

esthesi/o

sensation

gastr/, enter/o

stomach

ger/a, ger/o, geront/o

elderly

gynec/o

female

immun/o

immune

neur/o

nerve

obstetr/o

midwife

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

orth/o

straight

ped/o

child or foot

ot/o

ear

laryng/o

larynx or voice box

path/o

disease

ne/o

new

nat/o

birth

psych/o

mind

radi/o

radiation

rheumat/o

rheumatism

rhin/o

nose

ur/o

urinary tract (sometimes urine)

otorhinolaryngologist

Medical specialist for the eyes, tumors, ears, nose, throat, or skin (specifically ears, nose, and throat)

-centesis

surgical puncture

-ectomy

surgical removal (excision)

-lysis

destruction, loosening, or breakdown

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-scopy

visual examination

-stomy

formation of an opening

-tome

instrument used for cutting

-tomy

incision or cutting into

-tripsy

surgical crushing

aden/o

gland

angi/o

vessel

append/o, appendic/o

appendix

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

cerebr/o, encephal/o

brain

chir/o

hand

col/o

colon or large intestine