Medical Terminology Ch.1 Exam

surgical, diagnostic, & pathological suffixes: & common prefixes

What is suffixes refers to pain?

-algia / -dynia

Ex: neur/algia , ot/o/dynia

What suffix refers to hernia, swelling?

-cele

Ex: hepat/o/cele

What suffix refers to swelling?

-edema

Ex: lymph/edema

What suffix refers to dilation, expansion?

-ectasis

Ex: bronchi/ectasis

What suffix refers to vomiting?

-emesis

Ex: hyper/emesis

What suffix refers to a blood condition?

-emia

Ex: an/emia

What suffix refers to an abnormal condition caused by something?

-iasis

Ex: chol/e/lith/iasis

(infections, infestations, parasitic )

What suffix refers to inflammation?

-itis

Ex: arthr/itis

What suffix refers to stone or calculus?

-lith

Ex: chol/e/lith

What suffix refers to softening?

-malacia

Ex: chondr/o/malacia

What suffix refers to enlargement?

-megaly

Ex: cardi/o/megaly

What suffix refers to tumor?

-oma

Ex: neur/oma

What suffix refers to abnormal condition/ disease process?

-osis

Ex:cyan/osis

(used w/ blood cells; chronic/structural)

What suffix refers to disease?

-pathy

Ex:my/o/pathy

What suffix refers to a decrease or deficiency?

-penia

Ex: erythr/o/penia

What suffix refers to the fear of?

-phobia

Ex:hemo/phobia

What suffix refers to paralysis?

-plegia

Ex: hemi/plegia

What suffix refers to bursting forth?

-rrhage , -rrhagia

Ex: hem/o/rrhage , men/o/rrhagia

What suffix refers to discharge / flow?

-rrhea

Ex: dia/rrhea

What Suffix refers to rupture?

-rrhexis

Ex: arteri/o/rrhexis

What suffix refers to narrowing / stricture?

-stenosis

Ex: arteri/o/stenosis

What suffix refers to nourishment / development?

-trophy

Ex: dys/trophy

What suffix refers to poison?

-toxic

Ex: hepat/o/toxic

What suffix refers to record / writing?

-gram

Ex: electr/o/cardi/o/gram

What suffix refers to the instrument for recording?

-graph

Ex: electr/o/cardi/o/graph

What suffix refers to the process of recording?

-graphy

Ex: electr/o/cardi/o/graphy

What suffix refers to the instrument of measuring?

-meter

Ex: pelv/i/meter

What suffix refers to the act of measuring?

-metry

Ex: pelv/i/metry

What suffix refers to the instrument of examining?

-scope

Ex: endo/scope

What suffix refers to visual examination?

-scopy

Ex: endo/scopy

What suffix refers to a surgical puncture?

-centesis

Ex: arthr/o/centesis

What suffix refers to binding / fixation (of a bone or joint)?

-desis

Ex: arthr/o/desis

What suffix refers to excision / removal?

-ectomy

Ex: append/ectomy

What suffix refers to fixation (of an organ)?

-pexy

Ex: mast/o/pexy

What refers to a surgical repair?

-plasty

Ex: rhin/o/plasty

What suffix refers to a suture?

-rrhaphy

Ex: my/o/rrhaphy

What suffix refers to forming an opening (mouth)?

-stomy

Ex: trache/o/stomy

What suffix refers to an instrument to cut?

-tome

Ex: oste/o/tome

What suffix refers to an incision?

-tomy

Ex: trache/o/tomy

What suffix refers to crushing?

-tripsy

Ex: lith/o/tripsy

What suffix refers to separation / destruction / loosening?

-lysis

Ex: thromb/o/lysis

What prefix refers to without / not?

a- , an-

Ex: a/mast/ia , an/esthesia

(Prefix a- is usually used before a constant and prefix an- usually before a vowel)

What prefix refers to self / own?

auto-

Ex: auto/graft

What prefix refers to around?

circum- , peri-

Ex: circum/duction , peri/odont/al

What prefix refers to through / across?

dia- , trans-

Ex: dia/rrhea , trans/vagin/al

What prefix refers to double?

dipl- , diplo-

Ex: dipl/opia , diplo/bacteri/al

What prefix refers to in / within?

endo- , intra-

Ex: endo/crine , intra/muscul/ar

What prefix refers different?

hetero-

Ex: hetero/graft

What prefix refers to same?

homo- , homeo-

Ex: homo/graft , homeo/plasia

What prefix refers to under / below / deficient?

hypo-

Ex: hypo/derm/ic

What prefix refers to large?

macro-

Ex: macro/cyte

What prefix refers to small?

micro-

Ex: micro/scope

What prefix refers to one?

mono- , uni-

Ex: mono/cyte , uni/nucle/ar

What prefix refers to after / behind?

post-

Ex: post/nat/al

What prefix refers to before / in front of?

pre- , pro-

Ex: pre/nat/al , pro/gnosis

What prefix refers to first?

primi-

Ex: primi/gravid

What prefix refers to backward / behind?

retro-

Ex: retro/version

What prefix refers to upper / above?

super-

Ex: super/ior