medical terminology by Yosra Raziani session 2 suffix

1. Medical Terminology
Session 2 : Suffix
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2. A short reminder
▪ Prefix
▪ Word root
▪ Combining form
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3. Objectives
• After study of this chapter you should be able to:
• 1. Define a suffix.
• 2. Give examples of how suffixes are used.
• 3. Recognize and use some general noun, adjective, and plural suffixes
used in medical terminology.
• 4. Analyze the suffixes used in a case study.
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4. ⚫ A suffix is a word element placed at the end of a word or word root
that changes the meaning of the word.
– -itis (inflammation)
– and -ectomy (excision, removal).
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tonsill ectomy tonsillectomy
tonsill itis tonsillitis

5. ⚫ Changing the suffix changes the meaning of the word.
Tonsill/itis
Tonsill/ectomy
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6. Suffix
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7. 1-Suffixes as Noun Endings
Noun: a word that is the name of a person, place, or thing.
Noun ending suffix :In medical terminology, some suffixes change the
word root into a noun
The most common:
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8. Septum Gingivacerebellum
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9. Hydrocephalus Tetany
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10. 2-Suffixes Meaning “Pertaining To”
In medical terminology, many suffixes meaning "pertaining to”
are used to change the meaning of the word root into an
adjective Adjective suffix -eal -ory
-al -ical -ous
-ar -ic -tic
-ary -ial -ior
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11. Cardiac muscle
Pertaining to heart
Brachial muscle
Pertaining to arm
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12. Respiratory system
“Pertaining to "respiration or breathing
Venous system
Pertaining to vein
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13. 3-Suffixes Meaning “ Condition of”
In medical terminology, many suffixes mean "abnormal condition or disease”
Abnormal
condition
-ia -ism -ion
-iasis -ago -osis -esis
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14. Alcoholism
Addiction to any drinking of alcohol
Hypnosis
a mental state of highly focused concentration
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15. Cholelithiasis
presence of gallstones or diseases caused by gallstones
Insomnia
complicated condition that you can not sleep well
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16. 4-Suffixes Related to Pathology
Pathology is the study of all aspects of diseases (path means
disease, and -ology means study of). Suffixes related to pathology
describe specific disease conditions
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17. Glandular tumor
Adenoma Lipoma
Fatty tumoryosra.anvar@komar.edu.iq 17

18. -algia means pain and suffering. -dynia means pain
Dentalgia
Pain in the teeth
Gastrodynia
pain in the stomach
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19. -itis means inflammation
Arthritis Dermatitis
Inflammation in the joint Inflammation of the skin
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20. -megaly means enlargement
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22. -malacia means abnormal softening
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23. -necrosis means tissue death.
Finger necrosis Skin necrosis
the tissue death of fingers the tissue death of skin
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24. -sclerosis means abnormal hardening
Atherosclerosis Arteriosclerosis
Arteries become thick and stiff,Artery narrowed by fatty plaque
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25. -stenosis means abnormal narrowing
Spinal stenosis
the abnormal narrowing
Of spinal canal
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26. 5-Suffixes Related to procedures
-scopy
Visual examination
-gram
a picture or record
-graphy
the process of
producing a picture
-graph
Instrument for recording
-desis
surgical fixation
-plasty
surgical repair
-Meter
instrument for
measuring
-Metry
Process of
measuring
-tresia
Opening ,perforation
-clysis
irrigation; washing
- therapy
Treatment
- Ectomy
Excision; Removal
-otomy
Incision; Cutting
-Ostomy
To make a hole( surgical
creation of an opening)
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove
fluid
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27. Endoscopy Arthroscopy
to view the inside of a person's body to view the inside of a person’s joints
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28. Electrocardiogram Angiogram
a graph/record of the electrical activity of the heart a graph/record of heart blood vessels
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29. Electrocardiograph Angiograph
Instrument for recording electrocardiogram Instrument for recording angiogram
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30. Electrocardiography Angiography
the process of producing an electrocardiogram
with a electrocardiograph
the process of producing an angiogram
With a angiograph
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31. Audiometer Audiometry
instrument for measuring hearing Process of measuring hearing
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32. Hypodermoclysis -clysis= irrigation; washing
The introduction of large amounts
of fluid into the body
hypodermoclysis:
The introduction of large amounts
of fluid into the hypoderm
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33. Arthrodesis
the surgical fusion (joining together) of two bones to stiffen a joint
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34. Radiotherapy
use of high doses of radiation to treatment
Chemotherapy
Use of chemical drugs to treatment
Two types of treatment for cancer
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35. Phlebotomy Thoracotomy
the process of making a puncture in a vein with a
cannula, for the purpose of taking blood.
a surgical procedure to gain access into the
pleural space of the chest
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36. Colostomy appendectomy
opening (stoma) in the large intestine (colon) the surgical removal of the appendix
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-otomy OR -ostomy

38. Amniocentesis Thoracentesis
surgical puncture to remove amniotic fluid surgical puncture to remove fluid from chest space
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39. Rhinoplasty
Plastic surgery that changes the shape of the
nose
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40. 6-The “Double R” Suffixes
Suffixes beginning with two rs, often referred to as the “double Rs,”
can be particularly confusing.
-rrhage
means bleeding
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing to close a wound -rrhexis
Means rupture
-rrhagia
-means bleeding
-rrhea
flow or discharge
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41. Hemorrhage
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42. Rhinorrhea Otorrhea
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43. Cheilorrhaphy :A suture of the lip
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44. the rupture of a muscle
Myorrhexis
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46. Pharmacist Dentistpediatrician
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