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| HSC 101 Healthcare Terminology Chapter 2: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy | Covering: Using Suffixes to Write Words Suffixes: Medical Specialists and Specialties Suffixes: Surgical Procedures Combining Forms for Sel. Body Structures Suffics: Symptoms or Diagnosis Misc. Suffixes Misc. Word Parts |
| An easy way to understand medical terminology is ______________. | Word division. Example: (append+ectomy) |
| When dividing words, look for the _____________ first. This helps you understand how its meaning is used in speech. | Suffix. |
| Identify the suffix used in: appendectomy | ectomy |
| If Append/o = Appendix and -ectomy = Surgical Removal Then appendectomy = ___________________ | Surgical removal of the appendix. |
| Although suffixes are emphasized in this chapter ____________ ___________ are the foundation of most terms. | Combining Forms |
| Chapter two suffixes are divided into four categories: | Suffixes used to/in: 1. Name medical specialties and specialists 2. Surgical procedures 3. Symptoms or diagnosis 4. Misc. Suffixes |
| (Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) opthalm/o = __________ | Eye |
| (Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) nas/o = __________ | Nose |
| (Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) rhin/o = __________ | Nose |
| (Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) thorac/o = __________ | Chest |
| (Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) abdomin/o = __________ | Abdomen |
| (Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) spondyl/o = __________ | Spine |
| (Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) vertebr/o = __________ | Spine |
| (Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) chir/o = __________ | Hand |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialist.) Find the Meaning. -er = ___________ | One who |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialist.) Find the Meaning. -ist = ___________ | One who |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialist.) Find the Meaning. -iatrician = ___________ | Practitioner |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialist.) Find the Meaning. -logist = ___________ | One who studies; or specialist |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -ac = ___________ | Pertaining to |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -al = ___________ | Pertaining to |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -ic = ___________ | Pertaining to |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -ical = ___________ | Pertaining to |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -logic = ___________ | Pertaining to the study of |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -logical = ___________ | Pertaining to the study of |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -iatrics = ___________ | Medical profession or treatment |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -iatry = ___________ | Medical profession or treatment |
| (Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -logy = ___________ | Study or science of |
| Test your knowledge: -ac = _________ | Pertaining to (Medical Specialties) |
| Test your knowledge: -er = _________ | One who (Medical Specialist) |
| Test your knowledge: -iatrician = _________ | Practitioner (Medical Specialist) |
| Test your knowledge: -iatry = _________ | Medical profession or treatment (Medical Specialties) |
| Test your knowledge: -ic = _________ | Pertaining to (Medical Specialties) |
| Test your knowledge: -ist = _________ | One who (Medical Specialist) |
| Test your knowledge: -logist = _________ | One who studies; or specialist (Medical Specialist) |
| Test your knowledge: -logy = _________ | Study or science of (Medical Specialties) |
| The word medicine has multiple meanings. | "a drug" "a remedy for illness" "the art and science of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease" "treating disease without surgery" |
| A medical specialty that encompasses several branches of medicine and coordinates healthcare for all members of a family is a _____________. | Family practice (Family practice physician) |
| Family practice physicians have largely replaced the concept of a _____________. | General practitioner (GP) |
| A nonsurgical specialty of medicine that deal specifically with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal structures of the body is _____________. | Internal medicine (Internist) |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? cardi/o = _________ | Heart |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? crin/o = _________ | To secrete |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? dermat/o = _________ | Skin |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? esthesi/o = _________ | Feeling or sensation |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? gastr/o enter/o= _________ | Stomach; intestines |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? ger/a = _________ | Elderly |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? ger/o = _________ | Elderly |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? geront/o = _________ | Elderly |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? gynec/o = _________ | Female |
| What is the medical specialty? cardi/o = ________ | Cardiology |
| What is the medical specialty? crin/o = ________ | Endocrinology |
| What is the medical specialty? dermat/o = ________ | Dermatology |
| What is the medical specialty? esthesi/o = ________ | Anesthesiology |
| What is the medical specialty? gastr/o enter/o= ________ | Gastroenterology |
| What is the medical specialty? ger/a = ________ | Geriatrics |
| What is the medical specialty? ger/o = ________ | Geriatrics |
| What is the medical specialty? geront/o = ________ | Geriatrics |
| What is the medical specialty? gynec/o = ________ | Gynecology |
| What is the medical specialist? cardi/o = ____________ | Cardiologist |
| What is the medical specialist? crin/o = ________ | Endocrinologist |
| What is the medical specialist? dermat/o = ________ | Dermatologist |
| What is the medical specialist? esthesi/o = ________ | Anesthesiologist |
| What is the medical specialist? gastr/o enter/o = ________ | Gastroenterologist |
| What is the medical specialist? ger/a = ________ | Geriatrician |
| What is the medical specialist? ger/o = ________ | Geriatrician |
| What is the medical specialist? geront/o = ________ | Geriatrician |
| What is the medical specialist? gynec/o = ________ | Gynecologist |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? immun/o = _________ | Immune |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? ne/o, nat/o = _________ | new, birth |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? neur/o = _________ | Nerve |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? obstetr/o = _________ | Midwife |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? onc/o = _________ | Tumor |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? opthalm/o = _________ | Eye |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? orth/o ped/o = _________ | Straight; child |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? ot/o, laryng/o = _________ | Ear; Larynx |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? path/o = _________ | Disease |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? ped/o = _________ | Child |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? psych/o = _________ | Mind |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? radi/o = _________ | radiation (or radius) |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? rheumat/o = _________ | Rheumatism |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? rhin/o = _________ | Nose |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? ur/o = _________ | Urinary tract (or urine) |
| What is the medical specialty? immun/o = ________ | Immunology |
| What is the medical specialty? ne/o, nat/o = ________ | Neonatology |
| What is the medical specialty? neur/o = ________ | Neurology |
| What is the medical specialty? obstret/o = ________ | Obstretics |
| What is the medical specialty? onc/o = ________ | Oncology |
| What is the medical specialty? opthalm/o = ________ | Opthalmology |
| What is the medical specialty? orth/o, ped/o = ________ | Orthopedics |
| What is the medical specialty? ot/o, laryng/o = ________ | Otolaryngology |
| What is the medical specialty? path/o = ________ | Pathology |
| What is the medical specialty? ped/o = ________ | Pediatrics |
| What is the medical specialty? psych/o = ________ | Psychiatry |
| What is the medical specialty? radi/o = ________ | Radiology |
| What is the medical specialty? rheumat/o = ________ | Rheumatology |
| What is the medical specialty? rhin/o = ________ | Rhinology |
| What is the medical specialty? ur/o = ________ | Urology |
| What is the medical specialist? immun/o = ________ | Immunologist |
| What is the medical specialist? ne/o, nat/o = ________ | Neonatologist |
| What is the medical specialist? neur/o = ________ | Neurologist |
| What is the medical specialist? obstetr/o = ________ | Obstetrician |
| What is the medical specialist? onc/o = ________ | Oncologist |
| What is the medical specialist? opthalm/o = ________ | Opthalmologist |
| What is the medical specialist? orth/o, ped/o = ________ | Orthopedist, Orthopedic Surgeon |
| What is the medical specialist? ot/o, laryng/o = ________ | Otolaryngologist |
| What is the medical specialist? path/o = ________ | Pathologist |
| What is the medical specialist? ped/o = ________ | Pediatrician |
| What is the medical specialist? psych/o = ________ | Psychiatrist |
| What is the medical specialist? radi/o = ________ | Radiologist |
| What is the medical specialist? rheumat/o = ________ | Rheumatologist |
| What is the medical specialist? rhin/o = ________ | Rhinologist |
| What is the medical specialist? ur/o = ________ | Urologist |
| What is the combining form? cardiology = ____________ | cardi/o |
| What is the combining form? dermatology = ____________ | dermat/o |
| What is the combining form? gynecology = ____________ | gynec/o |
| What is the combining form? immunology = ____________ | immun/o |
| What is the combining form? neurology = ____________ | neur/o |
| What is the combining form? oncology = ____________ | onc/o |
| What is the combining form? opthalmology = ____________ | opthalm/o |
| What is the combining form? pathology = ____________ | path/o |
| What is the combining form? psychiatry = ____________ | psych/o |
| What is the combining form? radiology = ____________ | radi/o |
| What is the combining form? rhinology = ____________ | rhin/o |
| What is the combining form? urology = ____________ | ur/o |
| What is the meaning? Cardiology | Study or science of the heart |
| What is the meaning? Dermatology | Study or science of the skin |
| What is the meaning? Gynecology | Study or science of females |
| What is the meaning? Immunology | Study or science of the immune system |
| What is the meaning? Neurology | Study or science of the nervous system |
| What is the meaning? Oncology | Study or science of tumors |
| What is the meaning? Opthalmology | Study or science of the eye |
| What is the meaning? Pathology | Study or science of disease |
| What is the meaning? Psychiatry | Medical profession or treatment of the mind |
| What is the meaning? Radiology | Study or science of radiation |
| What is the meaning? Rhinology | Study or science of the nose |
| What is the meaning? Urology | Study or science of the urinary tract |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? crin/o | To secrete |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? enter/o | Intestines |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? esthesi/o | Feeling or sensation |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? grastr/o | Stomach |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? ger/o | Elderly |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? laryng/o | Larynx |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? nat/o | Birth |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? ne/o | New |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? obstetr/o | Midwife |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? orth/o | Straight |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? ot/o | Ear |
| What is the meaning of the combining form? ped/o | Child |
| What is the meaning? endo- | Inside |
| What is the meaning? Malignant | Tending to become worse, spread, and cause death. |
| What is the meaning? Neoplasm | New growth |
| What is the meaning? Benign | Not cancerous |
| The study of all aspects of the aging process and issues encountered by elderly is called _______________. | Gerontology. |
| The branch of medicine concerned with the problems of aging and the diseases of elderly is call ________________. | Geriatrics. |
| Write the term: ne/o + nat/o + -logy | Neonatology |
| Write the term: ot/o + laryng/o + -logy | Otolaryngology |
| Write the term: rheumat/o + logist | Rheumatologist |
| Write the term: endo- + crine | Endocrine |
| Write the term: onc/o + logist | Oncologist |
| Write the term: gastr/o + enter/o + -logist | Gastroenterologist |
| What is the meeting of the term? Cardiac | Pertaining to the heart. |
| What is the meeting of the term? Dermal | Pertaining to the skin. |
| What is the meeting of the term? dermatologic or dermatological | Pertaining to dermatology. |
| What is the meeting of the term? Gastric | Pertaining to the stomach. |
| What is the meeting of the term? Gynecologic or Gynecological | Pertaining to the female reproductive tract, or to gynecology. |
| What is the meeting of the term? Neurologic or Neurological | Pertaining to neurology or the nervous system. |
| What is the meeting of the term? Obstetric or Obstetrical | Pertaining to obsterics or childbirth process. |
| What is the meeting of the term? Ophthalmic, ophthalmologic, ophthalmological | Pertaining to the eye or ophthalmology. |
| What is the meeting of the term? Otic | Pertaining to the ear. |
| What is the meeting of the term? Pediatric | Pertaining to pediatrics or health of children. |
| What is the meeting of the term? Radiologic or Radiological | Pertaining to radiology. |
| What is the meeting of the term? Urological, urological, uninary | Pertaining to urology or sometimes urine. |
| What does Pathology mean? | The science or study of disease. |
| What does Pathologist mean? | Someone who specializes in pathology. |
| What does Pathologic or Pathological mean? | "morbid" "diseased or unwholesome" or more modern terms : "Pertaining to a condition caused by or that involves a disease process." |
| What does Neurosurgeon mean? | Someone who specializes in surgery of the nervous system. |
| What does Plastic Surgery mean? | A surgical repair or reconstruction of the body. |
| What does Elective Procedure mean? | A procedure performed by choice and is non-essential. |
| What does Orthopedics mean? | A branch of surgery that deals with the preservation and restoration of bones and associated structures. Orth/o = Straight Ped/o = Child Originally focused on children's bones. |
| What is the name of someone who specializes in surgery of the bones and related systems? | Orthopedist |
| What is the medical speciality that deals with the causes, treatment and of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders? | Psychiatry |
| What is a specialist in psychiatry called? | a Psychiatrist |
| What is a physician who specializes in intensive care called? (ICU) | Intensivist |
| What is a physician who specializes in the care of patients staying in a hospital? | Hospitalist |
| What is the branch of medicine concerned with the administration of anesthetics and their effects. | Anesthesiology. |
| What is a physician who administers anesthetics during surgery called? | Anesthesiologist |
| What is someone trained (but not a physician) to administer anesthetics? | Anesthetist. |
| What is a drug or agent capable of producing anesthesia? | Anesthetic |
| What is the study of incidence, prevalence, spread, prevention, and control of disease in a specific group of individuals. | Epidemology |
| What is a physician or scientist in the field of epidemiology called? | Epidemiologist |
| What is someone who is trained in special skills in one or more area of healthcare, but is not a physician - instead aids physicians in care? | Therapist. |
| What speciality deals with the legal aspects of healthcare? | Forensic medicine |
| What is the specialist that deals with: Children | Pediatrician |
| What is the specialist that deals with: Disease in general | Pathologist |
| What is the specialist that deals with: Ear, nose, throat | Otolaryngologist |
| What is the specialist that deals with: Feeling or sensation | Anesthesiologist |
| What is the specialist that deals with: Females | Gynocologist |
| What is the specialist that deals with: Nervous system | Neurologist |
| What is the specialist that deals with: Newborns | Neonatologist |
| What is the specialist that deals with: Older Person | Geriatrician |
| What is the specialist that deals with: Skin | Dermotologist |
| What is the specialist that deals with: Tumors | Oncologist |
| What is the specialty that deals with: heart attacks | Cardiology |
| What is the specialty that deals with: interpreting a radiograph | Radiology |
| What is the specialty that deals with: deficiency of the immune system | Immunology |
| What is the specialty that deals with: hormonal deficiency | Endocrinology |
| What is the specialty that deals with: nosebleeds | Rhinology |
| What is the specialty that deals with: miscarriage | Obstetrics |
| What is the specialty that deals with: irritable bowel disease | Gastroenterology |
| What is the specialty that deals with: urinary tract infections | Urology |
| What is the specialty that deals with: broken wrist | Orthopedics |
| What is the specialty that deals with: rheumatoid arthritis | Rheumatology |
| What does the suffix mean? -centesis | Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
| What does the suffix mean? -ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out) |
| What does the suffix mean? -lysis | Process of loosening, freeing, or destroying. |
| What does the suffix mean? -pexy | Surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) |
| What does the suffix mean? -plasty | Surgical repair |
| What does the suffix mean? -rraphy | Suture (uniting a would by stitches) |
| What does the suffix mean? -scopy | Visual examination with a lighted instrument. (not always a surgical procedure) |
| What does the suffix mean? -stomy | Formation of an opening. |
| What does the suffix mean? -tome | An instrument used for cutting. |
| What does the suffix mean? -tomy | Incision (cutting into tissue) |
| What does the suffix mean? -tripsy | Surgical crushing |
| What is the suffix for: Instrument used for cutting | -tome |
| What is the suffix for: instrument used for viewing | -scope |
| What is the suffix for: excision | -ectomy |
| What is the suffix for: formation of an opening | -stomy |
| What is the suffix for: incision | -tomy |
| What is the suffix for: process of destroying | -lysis |
| What is the suffix for: surgical crushing | -tripsy |
| What is the suffix for: surgical fixation | -pexy |
| What is the suffix for: surgical puncture | -centisis |
| What is the suffix for: surgical repair | -plasty |
| What is the suffix for: suture | -rraphy |
| What is the suffix for: visual examination with an instrument | -scopy |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: aden/o | Gland |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: angi/o | Vessel |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: append/o, appendic/o | Appendix |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: bi/o | Life or living |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: blephar/o | Eyelid |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: cerebr/o or encephal/o | Brain |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: chir/o | Hand |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: col/o | Colon or large intestine |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o | Skin |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: faci/o | Face |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: hepat/o | Liver |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: mamm/o, mast/o | Breast |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: muscul/o, my/o | Muscle |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: myel/o | Bone marrow or spinal cord |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: oste/o | Bone |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o | Lungs |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: tonsill/o | Tonsil |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| What is the meaning of the combining form: vas/o | vessel, ductus, deferens |
| What is the combining form for: Vessel | angi/o |
| What is the combining form for: bone | Myel/o |
| What is the combining form for: Brain | encephal/o |
| What is the combining form for: breast | mast/o |
| What is the combining form for: skin | derm/a |
| What does the following term mean: Colopexy | Surgical fixation of the colon to the abdominal wall col/o -pexy |
| What does the following term mean: Adenectomy | Excision of a gland aden/o -ectomy |
| What does the following term mean: Colostomy | Opening some portion of the large intestine onto the abdominal surface. col/o -stomy |
| What does the following term mean: Coloscopy | Visual examination of the colon with a lighted instrument. col/o -scopy |
| What does the following term mean: Mastectomy | Removal of one of both of the breasts. mast/o -ectomy |
| What does the following term mean: Mastitis | Inflammation of the breast. Mast/o -itis |
| What does the following term mean: Mastopexy | Surgical fixation of the breasts. mast/o -pexy |
| What does the following term mean: Neurectomy | Partial or total excision of a nerve. neur/o -ectomy |
| What does the following term mean: Neurolysis | Destruction of nerve tissue or loosening of adhesions surround a nerve. neur/o -lysis |
| What does the following term mean: Neuroplasty | Surgical repair or a nerve or nerves. Neur/o -plasty |
| What is the meaning of: Biopsy | Surgical excision of a small lump for microscopic examination? |
| What is the meaning of: Lumpectomy | Surgical excision of a suspicious lump. |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -algia, -dynia | Pain |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -cele | Hernia |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -ectasia, -ectasis | Dialation |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -edema | Swelling |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -emisis | Vomiting |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -emia | Condition of the blood. |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -ia, iasis | Condition |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -itis | Inflammation |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -lith | Stone or calculus |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -malacia | Soft of softening. |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -mania | Excessive preoccupation. |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -megaly | Enlargement |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -oid | Resembelling |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -oma | Tumor |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -osis | Condition (increase) |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -pathy | Disease |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -penia | Deficiency |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -phobia | Abnormal fear. |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -ptosis | Prolapse (sagging) |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -rrhage, -rrhagia | Excessing bleeding or hemorhhage |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -rrhea | Flow or discharge. |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -rrhexis | Rupture |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -spasm | Twitching, cramp |
| What is the meaning of the suffix: -stasis | Stopping or controlling. |
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