1. Suffixes: Surgical, Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related
Medical Terminology
Suffixes: Surgical, Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related

2. Where terms come from? Greek or Latin Word Word Root Meaning
Nephros (Gr)
Nephr
Kidney
Oris (L) Or
Mouth
Renes (L)
Ren
Dermatos (Gr)
Derm
Skin

3. Combining vowels Word Root Vowel Combining Form Meaning Gastr O
stomach
Hepat
Hepat/o
Liver
Immun
Immun/o
Immune, safe
Oste
Oste/o
bone

4. Suffixes Denoting Incisions
-centesis puncture arthrocentesis
-ectomy excision, removal appendectomy
-stomy forming an opening (mouth) colostomy
-tome instrument to cut osteotome
-tomy incision, cut into phlebotomy

5. Suffixes Denoting Reconstructive Surgeries
-desis binding, fixation (of a bone, joint) arthrodesis
-pexy suspension, fixation (of an organ) mastopexy
-rrhaphy suture myorrhaphy
-plasty surgical repair rhinoplasty

6. Suffixes Denoting Refractururing, Loosening, or Crushing
-clasis break, fracture osteoclasis
-lysis separation, destruction, loosening enterolysis
-tripsy crushing lithotripsy

7. Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related Suffixes
-algia pain cephalalgia
-dynia pain gastrodynia
-cele hernia, swelling hepatocele
-ectasis dilation, expansion bronchiectasis

8. -emesis vomiting hyperemesis
-emia blood condition leukemia
-gen or -genesis forming, producing, origin carcinogen or osteogenesis
-gram record, a writing cardiogram
-graph instrument cardiograph
-graphy process of recording cardiography

9. -iasis abnormal condition cholelithiasis
-itis inflammation gastritis
-lith stone, calculus cholelith
-logist specialist in the study of dermatologist
-logy study of psychology

10. -malacia softening osteomalacia
-megaly enlargement hepatomegaly
-meter instrument for recording thermometer
-metry act of measuring pelvimetry
-oid resembling lipoid

11. -oma tumor adenoma
-osis abnormal condition, increase dermatosis
-para to bear (also a prefix) multipara
-paresis partial paralysis hemaparesis
-pathy disease neuropathy

12. -penia decrease, deficiency leukopenia
-phagia eating, swallowing dysphagia
-phasia speech aphasia
-philia attraction to hemophilia
-phobia fear claustrophobia

13. -plasia formation, growth hyperplasia
-plegia paralysis, stroke hemiplegia
-poiesis formation, production hemopoiesis
-ptosis prolapse hysteroptosis
-rrhage or -rrhagia bursting forth hemorrhage or menorrhagia

14. -rrhea discharge, flow diarrhea
-rrhexis rupture angiorrhexis
-scope instrument to view gastroscope
-scopy visual examination gastroscopy
-spasm involuntary contraction blepharospasm

15. -stasis standing still hemostasis
-stenosis narrowing, stricture arteriostenosis
-toxic poison thyrotoxic
-trophy development, nourishment atrophy

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