Suffixes Mini Final 1 algia ectasis pain Example Gastr algia gas tral gē a algia hernia tumor protrusion Examples Cysto cele SIS tə seel ID: 765579
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Suffixes Mini Final 1
“- algia ” – “- ectasis ”
= pain Example: Gastr algia – “gas-tral-gē-a” -algia
= hernia, tumor, protrusion Examples: Cysto cele – “SIS-tə - seel”Hydrocele – “hī-drə-sēl” -cele
= surgical puncture Examples: Para centesis – “per-ə-sen-tē-səs” Thora centesis – “thor-ə-sen-tē-sis”-centesis
= cell Examples: Erythro cyte – “i-riTH-rə-sīt” Lympho cyte – “lim-fə-sīt”-cyte
= binding, fixation Examples: Arthro desis – “är-THräd-ə-səs” Teno desis – “ten-od-ə-sis”-desis
= condition of the blood, blood Examples: Hyperglyc emia – “hī-pər-ɡlī-sē-mē-ə ” Polycythemia – “päli-sī-THē-mē-ə”- emia or - hemia
= expansion, dilation Examples: Angi ectasis – “an-je-ek-tah-sis” Bronchi ectasis – “bräNG-kē-ek-tə-sis”-ectasis
“- ectomy ” – “-malacia”
= removal, excision Examples: Oophor ectomy – “ō-fə-rek-tə-mē” Tonsill ectomy – “tän-sə-lek-tə-mē”-ectomy
= condition, formation of, presence of Examples: Lith iasis – “li-THī-ə-sis” Cholelith iasis – “kō-lə-lə-THī-ə-səs”-iasis
= inflammation Examples: Card itis – “kär-dī-dəs” Ir itis – “ī-rī-tis”-itis
= producing, origin Examples: Broncho genic – “bräNG-kō-jen-ik”Patho genic – “path-ō-jen-ik”-genic
= incision for removal of stones Examples: Chole lithotomy – “koli-lith-ot-ə-mē” Nephro lithotomy – “nef-roh-lith-ot-ə-mē”-lithotomy
= dissolution, breaking down Example: Myo lysis – “mī-ol-i-sis” -lysis
= softening Examples: Encephalo malacia – “en-sef-ah-lo-mah-la-shah” Osteo malacia – “äs-tē-ō-mə-lā-SHə”-malacia
“- megaly ” – “-tripsy”
= enlargement Examples: Acro megaly – “ak-rō-meɡ-ə-lē” Spleno megaly – “splēn-ə-meɡ-ə-lē”-megaly
= resembling Example: Lymph oid – “lim-foid” -oid
= tumor, neoplasm Examples: Carcin oma – “kär-sə-nō-mə” Sarc oma – “sär-kō-mə”-oma
= condition, abnormal condition Examples: Arterioscler osis – “r-ti-rē-ō-sklə-rō-səs ” Dermatosis – “dər-mə-tō-sis”-osis
= disease, anomaly Examples: Adeno pathy – “ad-ən-äp-ə-thē” Myo pathy – “mī-äp-ə-THē”-pathy
= deficiency, decrease Example: Leuko penia – “lo͞o-kə-pē-nē-ə” -penia
= surgical fixation Examples: Hystero pexy – “his-ter-o-pek-sē” Masto pexy – “mas-to-pek-sē”-pexy
= to crush Example: Litho tripsy – “liTH-ə-trip-sē” -tripsy
“- plasty ” – “-tomy”
= surgical correction, plastic repair of Examples: Arthro plasty – “är-THrə-plas-tē”Hernio plasty – “her-ni-oh-plas-tē”-plasty
= prolapse, sagging, sagged Examples: Blepharo ptosis – “bleph-ar-o-pto-sis” Gastro ptosis – “gas-trō-ptō-sis”-ptosis
= suture Example: Perineo rrhaphy – “per-ĭ-ne-or-ə-fē” - rrhaphy
= rupture Examples: Angio rrhexis – “an-jē-ŏ-rek-sĭs” Cardio rrhexis – “kahr-de-o-rek-sis”-rrhexis
= process of viewing Example: Broncho scopy – “bron-KOS-ko-pē ” -scopy
= twitching, involuntary contraction Example: Chiro spasm – “kī-rō-spazm” -spasm
= artificial or surgical opening Examples: Colo stomy – “kə-läs-tə-mē”Gastroduodeno stomy – “as-tro-doo-o-dĕ-nos-tə-mē”-stomy
= incision, cutting Examples: Antrotomy – “an-trot-ō-mē”Neurotomy – “n(y)o͝o-räd-ə-mē”-tomy