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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.)