Chpt 2 Suffixes in Surgery
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-ectomy
append/ectomy -
excision, removal
excision of the vermiform appendix -
-centesis
arthr/ocentesis (joint) -
surgical puncture
puncture of a joint cavity for aspiration of fluid -
-os/tomy
col/ostomy (colon) -
mouth, forming an opening
surgical creation of an opening b/t colon & body surface -
-tomy
phleb/otomy (vein) -
incision to cut into
incision of a vein -
-desis
arthr/odesis (joint) -
binding, stabilization
surgical fusion of a joint -
-rrhaphy
neur/orrhaphy -
suture
suture of nerve tissue -
-pexy
gastr/opexy (stomach) -
fixation, suspension
surgical fixation of the stomach -
-plasty
rhin/oplasty (nose) -
formation plastic repair
plastic surgery of the nose -
-clasis
oste/oclasis (bone) -
to break down, refracture
surgical fracture or refracture of bones -
-lysis
enter/olysis (intestine) -
lossen, free from adhesions, destruction
surgical separation of intestinal adhesions -
-tripsy
lith/otripsy (stone) -
to crush
the crushing of a stone in the bladder -
-cis
circum/cision (around) -
cut likk excise
surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis -
-cid
germi/cidal (germ) -
kill
destructive to pathogenic microorganisms -
-stasis
hemo/stasis -
stop control
stopping the escape of blood by either natual or artifical means -
-osis
necr/osis (death) -
condition of
death of cells or tissues -
-age
tri/age (three) -
related to
sorting out & classification of casualties to determine priority of treatment -
-iatry
psych/iatry (mind) -
healing by a doctor
healing of the mind -
-therapy
chemo/therapy (drug) -
treatment
treatment of illness by medication -
-ion
excerebrat/ion (brain) -
process
process of removal of the brain -
-algia
cephal/algia (head) -
pain
headache -
-cele
hepat/ocele (liver) -
hernia swelling
hernia of the liver -
-dynia
cephal/odynia (head) -
pain
pain in the head -
-ectasis
bronchi/extasis (bronchus) -
dilation expansion
chronic dilation of one or more bronchi -
-emia
poly/cyth/emia (many) -
blood
increase in total red cell mass of the blood -
-gen
carcin/o/gen (cancer) -
producing beginning
any substance that causes cancer -
-gram
encephal/o/gram (brain) -
record picture
x-ray film obtained by encephalography -
-graph
cardi/o/graph (heart) -
instrument for recording
an instrument used for recording electrical activity of the heartbeat -
-graphy
roentgen/o/graphy -
process of recording
x-ray films of internal structures of the body -
-iasis
chole/lith/iasis (gallstone) -
abnormal condition, formation of, presence of
presence of formation of gallstones -
-itis
gastr/itis (stomach) -
inflammation
inflammation of the stomach -
-logy
bio/logy (life) -
study of
scientific study of living organisms -
-malacia
oste/o/malacia (bone) -
softening
softening of the bones resulting from vit. D deficiency -
-megaly
hepat/o/megaly (liver) -
enlargement
enlargement of the liver -
-meter
crani/o/meter (cranium) -
instrument for measuring
an instrument for measuring skulls -
-metry
pelvi/metry (pelvis) -
process of measuring
measurment of the capacity & dia. of the pelvis -
-oid
lip/oid (fat) -
resemble
fatlike; lipid (resembling fat) -
-oma
aden/oma (gland) -
tumor
a benign skin tumor in which the cells are derived from glandular epithelium -
-osis
dermat/osis (skin) -
abnormal condition
any skin disease, especially one not characterized by inflammation -
-pathy
nephr/o/pathy -
disease
disease of the kidneys -
penia
hint: d d
leuk/o/cyto/penia (white cell) -
decrease deficiency
reduction of the no. of leukocytes (white blood cells) the count being 5000/mm³or less -
-phagia
dys/phagia (difficult) -
eating swallowing
difficulty in swallowing or eating -
-phasia
a/phasia (without) -
speech
defect or loss of the power of expression by speech, writing, or signs, or of comprehending spoken or written words -
-plegia
hemi/plegia (half) -
paralysis
paralysis of one side of the body -
-phobia
acr/o/phobia -
fear
morbid fear of heights -
-ptosis
hyster/o/ptosis -
prolapse falling dropping
metroptosis, downward displacement or prolapse of the uterus -
-rrhage
hem/o/rrhage (blood) -
burst forth hemorrhage
the escape of blood from the vessels. excessive bleeding -
-rrhea
men/o/rrhea (menses) -
discharge flow
normal menstruation -
-rrhexis
angi/o/rrhexis (blood vessel) -
rupture
rupture of a vessel, especially a blood vessel -
-sclerosis
arteri/o/sclerosis (artery) -
hardening
a group of diseases characterized by thickening & loss of elasticity of the arterial walls -
-scopy
oto/scopy (fear) -
examination, view
examination of the ear by means of the otoscope -
-spasm
EX blephar/o/spasm -
involuntary contraction. twitching of a muscle
def spasm of the eyelids -
-spasm
blephar/o/spasm -
involuntary contraction. twitching of a muscle
spasm of the eyelid - tomy
- incision
- ostomy
- mouth
- excision
- remove
- ectomy
- removal