Flashcards
Diagnostic Suffixes
Cards in this deck (18)
- 1-ALGIAMeaning: Pain
Example: Neuralgia
-Nerve Pain - 2-DYNIAMeaning: Pain
Example: Gastrodynia
-Stomach Pain - 3-EMIAMeaning: Blood Condition
Example: Leukemia
-Cancer of the white blood cells
(My friend Amy beat it!!) - 4-IAMeaning: Condition, disease
Example: Polyuria
-Excessive Urination - 5-ITISMeaning: Inflammation
Example: Tonsillitis
-Inflammation of the tonsils - 6-LEPSYMeaning: Seizure or attack
Example: Epilepsy
-Disease of the nervous system marked by seizures - 7-MALACIAMeaning: Softening
Example: Chondromalacia
-Softening of the cartilage - 8-MEGALYMeaning: Enlargement
Example: Cardiomegaly
- Enlargement of the heart - 9-OMAMeaning: Tumor, Mass
Example: Sarcoma
- Cancerous tumor/ connective tissue - 10-RRHEAMeaning:Flow or discharge
Example: Menorrhea
- Normal period flow - 11-RRHAGE -RRHAGIEMeaning:Bursting forth
Example: Menorrhagia
- Excessive period - 12-RRHEXISMeaning: Breaking open
Example: Cardiorrhexis
- Rupture of the heart - 13-OSISMeaning: Abnormal condition
Example: Endometriosis
- Internal tissue of the uterus grows outside the uterus (something I have.)
*Dermatomycosis - Fungal Skin Infection - 14-PATHYMeaning: Disease
Example: Myopathy
- Disease of the muscle tissue - 15-PENIAMeaning: Deficiency
Example: Leukopenia
- Lack of white blood cells - 16-PLEGIAMeaning: Paralysis
Example: Quadriplegia
- Paralysis of all 4 limbs - 17-PNEAMeaning: Breathing
Example: Apena
- Periodic Cessation of breathing - 18-SCLEROSISMeaning: Hardening
Example: Arteriosclerosis
- Hardening of the arteries