This document provides a list of medical suffixes, their meanings, and examples of medical terminology using each suffix. Some common suffixes and their meanings included:
-algia means pain, such as arthralgia meaning joint pain.
-cyte means cell, such as erythrocyte meaning red blood cell.
-ectomy means excision or removal, such as nephrectomy meaning kidney removal.
-emia means blood condition, such as leukemia meaning white blood condition.
-ic or -ical means pertaining to, such as gastric meaning pertaining to the stomach.
This document provides a list of medical suffixes, their meanings, and examples of medical terminology using each suffix. Some common suffixes and their meanings included:
-algia means pain, such as arthralgia meaning joint pain.
-cyte means cell, such as erythrocyte meaning red blood cell.
-ectomy means excision or removal, such as nephrectomy meaning kidney removal.
-emia means blood condition, such as leukemia meaning white blood condition.
-ic or -ical means pertaining to, such as gastric meaning pertaining to the stomach.
This document provides a list of medical suffixes, their meanings, and examples of medical terminology using each suffix. Some common suffixes and their meanings included:
-algia means pain, such as arthralgia meaning joint pain.
-cyte means cell, such as erythrocyte meaning red blood cell.
-ectomy means excision or removal, such as nephrectomy meaning kidney removal.
-emia means blood condition, such as leukemia meaning white blood condition.
-ic or -ical means pertaining to, such as gastric meaning pertaining to the stomach.
This document provides a list of medical suffixes, their meanings, and examples of medical terminology using each suffix. Some common suffixes and their meanings included:
-algia means pain, such as arthralgia meaning joint pain.
-cyte means cell, such as erythrocyte meaning red blood cell.
-ectomy means excision or removal, such as nephrectomy meaning kidney removal.
-emia means blood condition, such as leukemia meaning white blood condition.
-ic or -ical means pertaining to, such as gastric meaning pertaining to the stomach.
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SUFFIXES, MEANING, TERMINOLOGY
SUFFIX MEANING TERMINOLOGY
-ac Pertaining to.. Cardiac: PERTAINING TO THE HEART. -al Pertaining to.. Neural: PERTAINING TO THE NERVE SYSTEM. -algia pain Arthralgia: PAIN IN THE JOINTS -cyte cell Erythrocyte: red cells -ectomy Excision, removal Nephrectomy: removal kidney -emia Blood condition Leukemia: white blood condition -genic Pertaining to, produced Carcinogenic: pertaining by to the cancer -globin Protein Hemoglobin: blood protein -gram Record, photograph Electroencepahalogram: electricity record of the heart -ic, -ical Pertaining to Gastric: pertaining to the stomach -ion process Excision: cut the process Neurologic: science of the nerves -ist specialist Gynecologist: specialist the female system -istis inflammation Cystitis: inflammation of the cells -logy process of study, Science Endocrinology: science of… of the within secrets glands -oma Tumor, masss, swelling Hepatoma: tumor in the liver -opsy Process of viewing Biopsy: process of viwing life -osis Abnormal condition Nephrosis: kidney (slight increase in disease numbers when used with blood. Leucocytosis: high white blood cell count -pathy Disease, condition Enteropathy: clinicopathological condition by loss of protein Adenopathy: lymph node disease -scope Instrument to visually Endoscope: instrument examine for visual of the internal cavities or ducts of the -end within human body
-scopy Process of visually Endoscopy: an
examining with an examination of the endoscope inside of condition -sis Stade of; condition Prognosis: judgment that the doctor makes about the course, duration and cure of a disease -tomy Process of cutting, Osteotomy: incision incision process of the bone -y Process, condition Gastroenterology: Part of medicine which deals with disorders of the stomach and intestines.