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Suffixes

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Learning Objectives

• Identify and define useful diagnostic and procedural suffixes.

• Analyze, spell, and pronounce medical terms that contain diagnostic and procedural suffixes.

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Combining Forms

Combining Formsaden/oamni/oangi/oarteri/oarthr/oather/oaxill/obronch/obronchi/o

Meaningglandamnionvesselarteryjointplaquearmpitbronchial tubebronchial tube

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Combining Forms (cont’d.)

Combining Forms

• carcin/o • cardi/o • chem/o • cholecyst/o • chron/o • col/o • cyst/o

Meaningcancerousheartdrugsgallbladdertimecolonurinary bladder

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Suffixes

Suffixes are divided into two groups:

• Diagnoses-describe disease conditions or their symptoms

• Procedures-describe procedures used in patient care

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Diagnostic Suffixes

Suffix-algia-emia-ia-itis-megaly-oma-osis

Meaningpainblood conditionconditioninflammationenlargementtumor, masscondition, abnormal

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Diagnostic Suffixes (cont’d.)

• -pathy • -rrhea • -rrhage • -sclerosis• -uria • -ar • -ary • -ic

disease condition

flow, discharge

excessive discharge

Hardening

condition of urine

pertaining to

pertaining to

pertaining to

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Diagnostic Suffixes

Suffixes that describe diagnoses

NounSuffix Meaning Term-algia pain otalgia-emia blood condition leukemia-ia condition/disease pneumonia-megaly enlargement hepatomegaly

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Diagnostic Suffixes

• -centesis

• -ectomy

• -graphy • -lysis

surgical puncture to

remove fluid

removal, resection

process of recording

separation, destruction

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Diagnostic Suffixes

• -plasty

• -scopy

• -stomy

• -tomy

surgical repair

process of visual

examination

opening

incision

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Procedural Suffixes

Suffixes that describe procedures

Suffix Meaning Term-centesis surgical puncture thoracentesis

to remove fluid-ectomy removal tonsillectomy-gram record myelogram-graphyprocess of angiography

recording

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Pronunciation

Term Pronunciationacute ah-KUT

adenocarcinoma ah-deh-no-kar-sih-NO-mah

bronchoscopy brong-KOS-ko-pe

cardiomyopathy kar-de-o-mi-OP-ah-the

erythrocytosis eh-rith-ro-si-TO-sis

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Pronunciation (cont’d.)

Term Pronunciationhematuria he-mah-TUR-e-ah

ischemia is-KE-me-ah

laparoscopy lap-ah-ROS-ko-pe

mammoplasty MAM-o-plas-te

phlebotomy fleh-BOT-o-me

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Pronunciation (cont’d.)

Term Pronunciationotalgia o-TAL-jah

rhinoplasty RI-no-plas-te

rhinorrhea ri-no-RE-ah

salpingectomy sal-ping-JEK-to-me

septicemia sep-tih-SE-me-ah

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Pronunciation (cont’d.)

Term Pronunciationthoracentesis tho-rah-sen-TE-sis

tonsillectomy ton-sih-LEK-to-me

uremia u-RE-me-ah

vascular VAS-ku-lar