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SuffixesSuffixes

Identify and define useful diagnostic and procedural suffixes.

Analyze, spell, and pronounce medical terms that contain diagnostic and procedural suffixes.

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Learning Objectives

Suffixes are divided into two groups:

1. Diagnostic suffixes describe disease conditions or their symptoms

2. Procedural suffixes describe procedures used in patient care

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Suffixes

-algia pain-emia blood condition-ia condition

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Diagnostic Suffixes

-itis inflammation-megaly enlargement-oma tumor, mass

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Diagnostic Suffixes (cont.)

-osis condition, abnormal condition

-pathy disease condition

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Diagnostic Suffixes (cont.)

-rrhea flow, discharge-rrhage excessive -rrhagia discharge of

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Diagnostic Suffixes (cont.)

-sclerosis hardening-uria condition of urine

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Diagnostic Suffixes (cont.)

Each of these means

“pertaining to”-al or -eal

-ar-ary-ic

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Diagnostic Suffixes – Adjective Suffixes

-centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid

-ectomy removal, resection, excision

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Procedural Suffixes

-gram record -graphy process of

recording

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Procedural Suffixes (cont.)

-lysis separation,

breakdown, destruction

-plasty surgical repair or surgical correction

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Procedural Suffixes (cont.)

-scopy process of visual examination

-stomy opening

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Procedural Suffixes (cont.)

-therapy treatment -tomy incision, to cut

into

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Procedural Suffixes (cont.)

1. Suffix meaning enlargement

-G A Y M L E

2. Suffix meaning separation, breakdown-S Y S I L

3. Holding back blood from an area of the bodyH A S E I M I C

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Medical Scramble

4. Ear pain

T A I L O G A

5. Benign tumor of muscleY M O A M

6. Sharp, sudden, severeT U E C A

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Medical Scramble (cont.)

Bonus Term: Tumor of bone marrow

(Hint: It affects MULTIPLE areas of bone marrow tissue.)

Y L M O A M E

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Medical Scramble (cont.)

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