Chapter 2: Suffixes, Medical Specialties, and Body Structures

Vocabulary flashcards covering diagnostic and procedural suffixes, specialty combining forms, body structures, and related terms from Chapter 2 Suffixes.

Procedural suffixes

Suffixes that describe procedures used in patient care.

-algia, -dynia

Pain

-emia

Blood condition

-ia, -iasis

Condition

-cele

Hernia

-ectasia, -estasis

Dilation

-edema

Swelling

-emesis

Vomiting

-lith

Stone

-malacia

Soft, softening

-mania

Excessive preoccupation

-itis

Inflammation

-megaly

Enlargement

-oma

Tumor, mass

-oid

Resembling

-osis

Condition, abnormal condition

-phobia

Fear

-penia

Deficiency

-pathy

Disease condition

-ptosis

Prolapse; sagging

-rrhea

Flow, discharge

-rrhage

Excessive

-rrhagia

Discharge of blood

-rrhexis

Rupture

-spasm

Cramp; twitching

-sclerosis

Hardening

-stasis

Stopping or controlling

-uria

Condition of urine

-al, -eal, -ar, -ary, -ic

Pertaining to

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-ectomy

Removal, resection, excision

-gram

Record

-graphy

Process of recording

-pexy

Fixation; to put in place

-rrhaphy

Suture

-lysis

Separation, breakdown, destruction

-plasty

Surgical repair or surgical correction

-scopy

Process of visual examination

-stomy

Opening

-therapy

Treatment

-tomy

Incision, to cut into

-tome

Instrument to cut

-tripsy

To crush

-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, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ive, -tic, -ical

Pertaining to

-able, -ible

Capable of

-ase

Enzyme

-eum, -ium

Membrane

-ia, -ism

Condition; theory

-iac

One who suffers

-opia

Vision

-ose

Sugar

-ous

Pertaining to; characterized by

-y

State; condition

Cardi/o

Heart

Crin/o

To secrete

Dermat/o

Skin

Esthesi/o

Sensation

Gastr/o, 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

ot/o

Ear

Laryng/o

Larynx (voicebox)

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

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; large intestine

Cutane/o

Skin

Faci/o

Face

Hepat/o

Liver

Mammo/, mast/o

Breast

Muscul/o, my/o

Muscle

Myel/o

Bone marrow; spinal cord

Oste/o

Bone

Pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o

Lung

Tonsill/o

Tonsils