Medical terms Ch. 1

Prefixes, suffixes, and roots

-algia

pain, suffering

-dynia

pain

-ectomy

surgical removal, cutting out

-gram

picture or record

hyper-

excessive, increased

hypo-

deficient, decreased

-itis

inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition, disease

-ostomy

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

pre-

before, in front of

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhage

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

-gastr/o

stomach

Root words usually refer to a _

body part

Suffixes usually refers to _

procedure, condition, disorder, or disease

A prefix usually refers to _

location, time, number, or status

cyan/o

blue

What is cyanosis?

A blue discoloration of the skin caused by lack of adequate oxygen in the blood

Erythr/o

Red

Leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

poli/o

gray

Melanoma

A type of skin cancer

Poliomyelitis

A viral infection of the gray nerve tissue of the spinal cord

Enter

small intestines

Neur/o

nerve

Tonsil

tonsils

Crani

skull

Cardi

heart

How many suffixes are as noun endings

5

-a is a suffix as a _

noun ending

-um is a suffix as a _

noun ending

-y is a suffix as a _

noun ending

-e is a suffix as a _

noun ending

-us is a suffix as a _

noun ending

How many suffixes are there that mean ¨pertaining to¨

14

-ac is a suffix meaning _

pertaining to

-al is a suffix meaning _

pertaining to

-an is a suffix meaning

pertaining to

-ar is a suffix meaning

pertaining to

-ary is a suffix meaning

pertaining to

-eal is a suffix meaning

Pertaining to

-ical is a suffix meaning

Pertaining to

-ial is a suffix meaning

Pertaining to

-ic is a suffix meaning

Pertaining to

-ine a suffix meaning

Pertaining to

-ior is a suffix meaning

Pertaining to

-ory is a suffix meaning

Pertaining to

-ous is a suffix meaning

Pertaining to

-tic is a suffix meaning

Pertaining to

How many suffixes mean ¨abnormal condition or disease.¨ ?

8

-ago is a suffix meaning

Abnormal condition or disease

-esis is a suffix meaning

Abnormal condition or disease

-ia is a suffix meaning

Abnormal condition or disease

-iasis is a suffix meaning

Abnormal condition or disease

-ion is a suffix meaning

Abnormal condition or disease

-ism is a suffix meaning

Abnormal condition or disease

-osis is a suffix meaning

Abnormal condition or disease

-pathy is a suffix meaning

Abnormal condition or disease

Cardiac

Pertaining to the heart

Gastrosis

A disease of the stomach

Pathology

The study of all aspects of disease

Gastralgia

Pain in the stomach. stomachache

Gastrodynia

Pain the stomach | same meaning as gastralgia but not as commonly used

Gastritis

Inflammation of the stomach

-megaly

abnormal enlargement

Hepat/o

liver

Hepatomegaly

Is the enlargement of the liver

-malacia

abnormal softening

Arteri/o

artery

Arteriomalacia

Abnormal softening of the walls of an artery of arteries

-necrosis

Tissue death

Arterionecrosis

The tissue death of an artery or arteries

Arteriosclerosis

The abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries

-stenosis

abnormal narrowing

Arteriostenosis

The abnormal narrowing of the walls of the artery or arteries

-centesis

The surgical puncture to remove fluid or diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid

Abdomin/o

abodomen

Abdominocentesis

The surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid

-graphy

The process of producing a picture or record.

Angiogrpahy

The process of producing an x-ray, or radio graphic study, of blood vessels after the injection of a contrast medium to make these blood vessels visible

Angi/o

blood vessel

Angiogram

The resulting film that is produced by angiography

My/o

muscle

Myoplasty

The surgical repair of a muscle

-scopy

visual examination

Arthroscopy

the visual examination of the internal structure of a joint

Arthr/o

joint

-rragia

bleeding

Hemorrhage

The loss of a large amount of blood in a short time

Ten/o

tendon

Tenorrhaphy

Surgical suturing of a tendon

Diarrhea

the frequent flow of loose or watery stools

dia-

through

Natal

Pertaining to birth

Nat

birth

Prenatal

the time and events before birth