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Chapter 4 Diseases and Disorders: Using Suffixes to Build Terms about Diseases and
Disorders Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights
reserved. Lesson 4.1 1. Write the meanings of the word parts and use 2. 3. 4. 5. them to build
and analyze terms. Match suffixes pertaining to pathologies with their meanings or write
their meanings Match miscellaneous suffixes for medical terms with their meanings or write
their meanings. Recognize combining forms for diseases and disorders and write their
meanings or match them with their meanings. Match the combining forms that describe
color with their meanings or write their meanings. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an
imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Word Parts: Pathologies onc(o) and -oma
cancer(o), carcin(o) path(o) and -pathy tumor cancer disease Copyright © 2009, 2007 by
Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Figure 4-1 From Zacarian SA:
Cryosurgery, St. Louis, 1985, Mosby. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Figure 4-5 From Hoffbrand AV: Color Atlas of Clinical
Hematology, London, 1987, Mosby. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Word Parts: Pathologies -itis inflammation -emia blood
condition -ia, -iasis, and -osis condition Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 6 Figure 4-2 From Weston WL, Lane AT, Morelli JG: Color
textbook of pediatric dermatology, ed. 4, St. Louis, 2007, Mosby. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by
Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Word Parts: Pathologies (cont.) -
cele lith(o) and -lith -ptosis hernia stone prolapse or sagging Copyright © 2009, 2007 by
Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Figure 4-3 From Clark DA: Atlas
of Neonatology, Philadelphia, 2000, Saunders. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an
imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 9 Figure 4-4 From Palay DA, Krachmer JH, eds.:
Ophthalmology for the primary care physician, St. Louis, 1998, Mosby. Copyright © 2009,
2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 10 Figure 4-6 From Kumar
V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, and Mitchell RN: Robbins’ Basic Pathology, ed 8, Philadelphia, 2007,
Saunders. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights
reserved. 11 Word Parts: Pathologies (cont.) -phobia -mania -maniac irrational fear
excessive preoccupation a person who shows excessive preoccupation Copyright © 2009,
2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Word Analysis
kleptomania adenopathy otitis anemia Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of

2. Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 13 Quick Quiz! Which term means any disease of the ear? A.
osteitis B. ophthalmopathy C. encephalopathy D. otopathy Copyright © 2009, 2007 by
-able, -ible -ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic -ase -ose -eum, -ium capable of pertaining
to enzyme sugar membrane Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier
Inc. All rights reserved. 15 Miscellaneous Suffixes (cont.) -iac -opia -ous -ia, -ism -y one who
suffers vision pertaining to or characterized by condition or theory state or condition
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Selected Combining Forms and Related Suffixes cyt(o)—cell -cyte gen(o)—beginning, origin
-genic (produced by or in); -genesis (producing or forming) kinesi(o)—movement -kinesia,
-kinesis (movement, motion) leps(o)—seizure -lepsy Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders,
an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 17 Selected Combining Forms and Related
Suffixes log(o) — knowledge or words lys(o) —destruction, dissolving -logy (study or
science of); -logist (one who studies) -lysin (that which destroys); -lysis (process of
destroying); -lytic (capable of destroying; Note the change in spelling.) Copyright © 2009,
2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 18 Selected Combining
Forms and Related Suffixes megal(o) —large, enlarged metr(o) —measure; uterine tissue
path(o)—disease -megaly (enlargement) -meter (instrument used to measure); -metry
(process of measuring) -pathy (condition of disease) Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders,
an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 19 Selected Combining Forms and Related
Suffixes phag(o)means eat, ingest -phagia, -phagic, -phagy (eating, swallowing) -phasia
phas(o)—speech plas(o)—formation or development -plasia Copyright © 2009, 2007 by
Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 20 Selected Combining Forms and
Related Suffixes plast(o)—repair -plasty (surgical repair) pleg(o)—paralysis -plegia
schis(o), schiz(o), schist(o)—split, cleft -schisis Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an
imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 21 Selected Combining Forms and Related
Suffixes scler(o)—hard -sclerosis (hardening) scop(o)—to examine, to view -scope
(instrument used for viewing) -scopy (process of visually examining) troph(o)—nutrition -
trophic, -trophy Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights
reserved. 22 Combining Forms for Color alb(o), albino(o), leuk(o), and leuc(o) — white
chlor(o) — green cyan(o) — blue Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 23 Figure 4-7 From Zitelli BJ, Davis HW: Atlas of Pediatric
Physical Diagnosis, ed 5, St. Louis, 2007, Mosby. A, also: Courtesy Ellen Wald, MD, University
of Wisconsin Children’s Hospital. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 24 Figures 4-8 From Kamal A, Brockelhurst JC: Color atlas
of geriatric medicine, ed 2, St Louis, 1991, Mosby. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an
imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 25 Combining Forms for Color (cont.) erythr(o)
— red melan(o) — black xanth(o) — yellow Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an
imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 26 Figure 4-9 From Emond RT, Welsby PD, and
Rowland HA: Colour Atlas of Infectious Diseases, ed 4, London, 2003, Mosby, Ltd. Copyright
© 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 27 Word Analysis
erythema melancholy xanthosis Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 28 Combining Form bi(o) cephal(o) hist(o) lact(o)

3. muscul(o), my(o) Meaning life or living head tissue milk muscle Copyright © 2009, 2007 by
Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 29 Combining Form nas(o), rhin(o)
pod(o) pyr(o) tox(o), toxic(o) Meaning nose foot fire poison Copyright © 2009, 2007 by
Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 30 Quick Quiz! Which term is a verb
that means to destroy red blood cells and cause them to release hemoglobin? A. hemolysin
B. hemolyze C. peritoneum D. metastasize Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint
of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 31 Lesson 4.2 1. Recognize several terms associated with
diseases 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. and disorders and write their meanings. List four general types of
microorganisms and four classifications of bacteria. Recognize several terms associated
with bioterrorism. Name the major causes of cancer deaths in men and women in the United
States. Recognize the ways in which cancer cells metastasize. Spell medical terms
accurately. Write the meaning of the abbreviations. Pronounce medical terms correctly.
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communicable Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an
imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 34 Word Parts: Classification of Diseases iatr(o)
— physician or treatment idi(o) — individual nos(o), path(o) — disease aut(o) — self
immun(o) — immune Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All
microorganisms: viruses — vir(o), virus(o) bacteria — bacter(i), bacteri(o) fungi — fung(i),
myc(o) protozoa Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights
reserved. 36 Figure 4-10 Callen JP, Greer KE, Paller AS, Swinyer LJ: Color Atlas of
Dermatology, ed 2, Philadelphia, 2000, Saunders. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an
imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 37 Bacteria: unicellular microorganisms
classified by their shape: ● spherical — cocci ● rod-shaped — bacilli ● spiral —
spirochetes and spirilla ● comma-shaped — vibrios Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders,
an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 38 Gram stain Special staining technique that
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imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 39 Figure 4-11A From Murray PR, Rosenthal KS,
Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA: Medical microbiology, ed 3, St Louis, 1994, Mosby. Figure 4-11B
From Forbes BA, Sahm DF, Weissfeld AS: Bailey & Scott’s diagnostic microbiology, ed 11, St
Louis, 2002, Mosby. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All
rights reserved. 40 Figure 4-12B and D From Forbes BA, Sahm DF, Weissfeld AS: Bailey &
Scott’s diagnostic microbiology, ed 11, St Louis, 2002, Mosby. Figure 4-12F From Murray PR,
Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA: Medical microbiology, ed 3, St Louis, 1994, Mosby.
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Figure 4-13 From Atlas RM: Principles of Microbiology, 1995, St. Louis, Mosby. Copyright ©
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➢➢➢bacteremia bacteriostatic, bactericidal septicemia, sepsis antiseptic Copyright ©
2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 43 Bacteria

4. © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 44 A and B From
Zitelli BJ, Davis HW: Atlas of pediatric physical diagnosis, ed 5, St. Louis, 2007, Mosby. A,
also: Courtesy Ellen Wald, MD, University of Wisconsin Children’s Hospital. Copyright ©
2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 45 Figure 4-15 From
Cotran RS, Kumar V, Collins T: Robbin’s pathologic basis of disease, ed 7, Philadelphia, 2004,
Saunders. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights
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WMD: BNICE FEMA CDC IED Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier
cause of adult deaths in the U.S. Cancer is # 2. Of all cancers, cancer of the lung and bronchus
are # 1 in estimated deaths for adults for men and women. The highest number of cases of
new cancers are expected to be in the prostate for men and in the breast for women, but the
greatest number of deaths from cancer are from cancer of the lung and bronchus for both
men and women. Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights
1. direct invasion of tissue 2. invasion of the bloodstream 3. invasion of lymphatic vessels 4.
spread of cells throughout a body cavity Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 49 Quick Quiz! Which term means spherical bacteria
grouped in pairs? A. diplococci B. streptococci C. staphylococci D. spirochetes Copyright ©
2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 50 Abbreviations
HPF LPF MRSA staph, strep STD Copyright © 2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 51 Abbreviations ACS CDC FEMA IED WMD Copyright ©
2009, 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 52 Use Caution! -ase
(enzyme) vs. -ose (sugar) -ia (condition) vs. -iac (one who suffers) -lysin (that which
destroys) vs. -lytic (capable of destroying) iatrogenic vs. idiopathic Copyright © 2009, 2007
by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 53 Use Caution! -phagia (eating,
swallowing) vs. -phasia (speech) -plasia vs. -plasty -rrhage vs. -rrhea vs. -rrhexis Copyright
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