HSC 101 Healthcare Terminology
Chapter 2:
Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy

An easy way to understand medical terminology is ______________.

When dividing words, look for the _____________ first. This helps you understand how its meaning is used in speech.

Identify the suffix used in:

appendectomy

If Append/o = Appendix

and -ectomy = Surgical Removal

Then appendectomy = ___________________

Although suffixes are emphasized in this chapter ____________ ___________ are the foundation of most terms.

Chapter two suffixes are divided into four categories:

(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts)

opthalm/o = __________

(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts)

nas/o = __________

(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts)

rhin/o = __________

(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts)

thorac/o = __________

(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts)

abdomin/o = __________

(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts)

spondyl/o = __________

(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts)

vertebr/o = __________

(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts)

chir/o = __________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialist.)

Find the Meaning.

-er = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialist.)

Find the Meaning.

-ist = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialist.)

Find the Meaning.

-iatrician = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialist.)

Find the Meaning.

-logist = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialties.)

Find the Meaning.

-ac = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialties.)

Find the Meaning.

-al = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialties.)

Find the Meaning.

-ic = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialties.)

Find the Meaning.

-ical = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialties.)

Find the Meaning.

-logic = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialties.)

Find the Meaning.

-logical = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialties.)

Find the Meaning.

-iatrics = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialties.)

Find the Meaning.

-iatry = ___________

(Suffixes used in naming
medical specialties.)

Find the Meaning.

-logy = ___________

Test your knowledge:

-ac = _________

Test your knowledge:

-er = _________

Test your knowledge:

-iatrician = _________

Test your knowledge:

-iatry = _________

Test your knowledge:

-ic = _________

Test your knowledge:

-ist = _________

Test your knowledge:

-logist = _________

Test your knowledge:

-logy = _________

The word medicine has multiple meanings.

A medical specialty that encompasses several branches of medicine and coordinates healthcare for all members of a family is a _____________.

Family practice physicians have largely replaced the concept of a _____________.

A nonsurgical specialty of medicine that deal specifically with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal structures of the body is _____________.

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

cardi/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

crin/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

dermat/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

esthesi/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

gastr/o enter/o= _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

ger/a = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

ger/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

geront/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

gynec/o = _________

What is the medical specialty?

cardi/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

crin/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

dermat/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

esthesi/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

gastr/o enter/o= ________

What is the medical specialty?

ger/a = ________

What is the medical specialty?

ger/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

geront/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

gynec/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

cardi/o = ____________

What is the medical specialist?

crin/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

dermat/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

esthesi/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

gastr/o enter/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

ger/a = ________

What is the medical specialist?

ger/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

geront/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

gynec/o = ________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

immun/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

ne/o, nat/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

neur/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

obstetr/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

onc/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

opthalm/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

orth/o ped/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

ot/o, laryng/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

path/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

ped/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

psych/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

radi/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

rheumat/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

rhin/o = _________

What is the meaning
of the combining form?

ur/o = _________

What is the medical specialty?

immun/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

ne/o, nat/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

neur/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

obstret/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

onc/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

opthalm/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

orth/o, ped/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

ot/o, laryng/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

path/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

ped/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

psych/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

radi/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

rheumat/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

rhin/o = ________

What is the medical specialty?

ur/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

immun/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

ne/o, nat/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

neur/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

obstetr/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

onc/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

opthalm/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

orth/o, ped/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

ot/o, laryng/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

path/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

ped/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

psych/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

radi/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

rheumat/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

rhin/o = ________

What is the medical specialist?

ur/o = ________

What is the combining form?

cardiology = ____________

What is the combining form?

dermatology = ____________

What is the combining form?

gynecology = ____________

What is the combining form?

immunology = ____________

What is the combining form?

neurology = ____________

What is the combining form?

oncology = ____________

What is the combining form?

opthalmology = ____________

What is the combining form?

pathology = ____________

What is the combining form?

psychiatry = ____________

What is the combining form?

radiology = ____________

What is the combining form?

rhinology = ____________

What is the combining form?

urology = ____________

What is the meaning?

Cardiology

What is the meaning?

Dermatology

What is the meaning?

Gynecology

What is the meaning?

Immunology

What is the meaning?

Neurology

What is the meaning?

Oncology

What is the meaning?

Opthalmology

What is the meaning?

Pathology

What is the meaning?

Psychiatry

What is the meaning?

Radiology

What is the meaning?

Rhinology

What is the meaning?

Urology

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

crin/o

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

enter/o

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

esthesi/o

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

grastr/o

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

ger/o

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

laryng/o

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

nat/o

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

ne/o

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

obstetr/o

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

orth/o

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

ot/o

What is the meaning of
the combining form?

ped/o

What is the meaning?

endo-

What is the meaning?

Malignant

What is the meaning?

Neoplasm

What is the meaning?

Benign

The study of all aspects of the aging process and issues encountered by elderly is called _______________.

The branch of medicine concerned with the problems of aging and the diseases of elderly is call ________________.

Write the term:

ne/o + nat/o + -logy

Write the term:

ot/o + laryng/o + -logy

Write the term:

rheumat/o + logist

Write the term:

endo- + crine

Write the term:

onc/o + logist

Write the term:

gastr/o + enter/o + -logist

What is the meeting of the term?

Cardiac

What is the meeting of the term?

Dermal

What is the meeting of the term?

dermatologic or dermatological

What is the meeting of the term?

Gastric

What is the meeting of the term?

Gynecologic or Gynecological

What is the meeting of the term?

Neurologic or Neurological

What is the meeting of the term?

Obstetric or Obstetrical

What is the meeting of the term?

Ophthalmic, ophthalmologic, ophthalmological

What is the meeting of the term?

Otic

What is the meeting of the term?

Pediatric

What is the meeting of the term?

Radiologic or Radiological

What is the meeting of the term?

Urological, urological, uninary

What does Pathology mean?

What does Pathologist mean?

What does Pathologic or Pathological mean?

What does Neurosurgeon mean?

What does Plastic Surgery mean?

What does Elective Procedure mean?

What does Orthopedics mean?

What is the name of someone who specializes in surgery of the bones and related systems?

What is the medical speciality that deals with the causes, treatment and of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders?

What is a specialist in psychiatry called?

What is a physician who specializes in intensive care called? (ICU)

What is a physician who specializes in the care of patients staying in a hospital?

What is the branch of medicine concerned with the administration of anesthetics and their effects.

What is a physician who administers anesthetics during surgery called?

What is someone trained (but not a physician) to administer anesthetics?

What is a drug or agent capable of producing anesthesia?

What is the study of incidence, prevalence, spread, prevention, and control of disease in a specific group of individuals.

What is a physician or scientist in the field of epidemiology called?

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?

What speciality deals with the legal aspects of healthcare?

What is the specialist that deals with:

Children

What is the specialist that deals with:

Disease in general

What is the specialist that deals with:

Ear, nose, throat

What is the specialist that deals with:

Feeling or sensation

What is the specialist that deals with:

Females

What is the specialist that deals with:

Nervous system

What is the specialist that deals with:

Newborns

What is the specialist that deals with:

Older Person

What is the specialist that deals with:

Skin

What is the specialist that deals with:

Tumors

What is the specialty that deals with:

heart attacks

What is the specialty that deals with:

interpreting a radiograph

What is the specialty that deals with:

deficiency of the immune system

What is the specialty that deals with:

hormonal deficiency

What is the specialty that deals with:

nosebleeds

What is the specialty that deals with:

miscarriage

What is the specialty that deals with:

irritable bowel disease

What is the specialty that deals with:

urinary tract infections

What is the specialty that deals with:

broken wrist

What is the specialty that deals with:

rheumatoid arthritis

What does the suffix mean?

-centesis

What does the suffix mean?

-ectomy

What does the suffix mean?

-lysis

What does the suffix mean?

-pexy

What does the suffix mean?

-plasty

What does the suffix mean?

-rraphy

What does the suffix mean?

-scopy

What does the suffix mean?

-stomy

What does the suffix mean?

-tome

What does the suffix mean?

-tomy

What does the suffix mean?

-tripsy

What is the suffix for:

Instrument used for cutting

What is the suffix for:

instrument used for viewing

What is the suffix for:

excision

What is the suffix for:

formation of an opening

What is the suffix for:

incision

What is the suffix for:

process of destroying

What is the suffix for:

surgical crushing

What is the suffix for:

surgical fixation

What is the suffix for:

surgical puncture

What is the suffix for:

surgical repair

What is the suffix for:

suture

What is the suffix for:

visual examination with an instrument

What is the meaning of the combining form:

aden/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

angi/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

append/o, appendic/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

bi/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

blephar/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

cerebr/o or encephal/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

chir/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

col/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

faci/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

hepat/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

mamm/o, mast/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

muscul/o, my/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

myel/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

oste/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

tonsill/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

trache/o

What is the meaning of the combining form:

vas/o

What is the combining form for:

Vessel

What is the combining form for:

bone

What is the combining form for:

Brain

What is the combining form for:

breast

What is the combining form for:

skin

What does the following term mean:

Colopexy

What does the following term mean:

Adenectomy

What does the following term mean:

Colostomy

What does the following term mean:

Coloscopy

What does the following term mean:

Mastectomy

What does the following term mean:

Mastitis

What does the following term mean:

Mastopexy

What does the following term mean:

Neurectomy

What does the following term mean:

Neurolysis

What does the following term mean:

Neuroplasty

What is the meaning of:

Biopsy

What is the meaning of:

Lumpectomy

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-algia, -dynia

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-cele

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-ectasia, -ectasis

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-edema

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-emisis

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-emia

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-ia, iasis

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-itis

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-lith

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-malacia

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-mania

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-megaly

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-oid

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-oma

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-osis

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-pathy

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-penia

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-phobia

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-ptosis

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-rrhage, -rrhagia

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-rrhea

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-rrhexis

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-spasm

What is the meaning of the suffix:

-stasis