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HSC 101 - Chapter 2 - Healthcare Terminology
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- 1HSC 101 Healthcare Terminology Chapter 2: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made EasyCovering:
Using Suffixes to Write Words
Suffixes: Medical Specialists and Specialties
Suffixes: Surgical Procedures
Combining Forms for Sel. Body Structures
Suffics: Symptoms or Diagnosis
Misc. Suffixes
Misc. Word Parts - 2An easy way to understand medical terminology is ______________.Word division.
Example: (append+ectomy) - 3When dividing words, look for the _____________ first. This helps you understand how its meaning is used in speech.Suffix.
- 4Identify the suffix used in: appendectomyectomy
- 5If Append/o = Appendix and -ectomy = Surgical Removal Then appendectomy = ___________________Surgical removal of the appendix.
- 6Although suffixes are emphasized in this chapter ____________ ___________ are the foundation of most terms.Combining Forms
- 7Chapter two suffixes are divided into four categories:Suffixes used to/in:
1. Name medical specialties and specialists
2. Surgical procedures
3. Symptoms or diagnosis
4. Misc. Suffixes - 8(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) opthalm/o = __________Eye
- 9(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) nas/o = __________Nose
- 10(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) rhin/o = __________Nose
- 11(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) thorac/o = __________Chest
- 12(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) abdomin/o = __________Abdomen
- 13(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) spondyl/o = __________Spine
- 14(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) vertebr/o = __________Spine
- 15(Basic Combining Forms - Body Parts) chir/o = __________Hand
- 16(Suffixes used in naming medical specialist.) Find the Meaning. -er = ___________One who
- 17(Suffixes used in naming medical specialist.) Find the Meaning. -ist = ___________One who
- 18(Suffixes used in naming medical specialist.) Find the Meaning. -iatrician = ___________Practitioner
- 19(Suffixes used in naming medical specialist.) Find the Meaning. -logist = ___________One who studies; or specialist
- 20(Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -ac = ___________Pertaining to
- 21(Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -al = ___________Pertaining to
- 22(Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -ic = ___________Pertaining to
- 23(Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -ical = ___________Pertaining to
- 24(Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -logic = ___________Pertaining to the study of
- 25(Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -logical = ___________Pertaining to the study of
- 26(Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -iatrics = ___________Medical profession or treatment
- 27(Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -iatry = ___________Medical profession or treatment
- 28(Suffixes used in naming medical specialties.) Find the Meaning. -logy = ___________Study or science of
- 29Test your knowledge: -ac = _________Pertaining to
(Medical Specialties) - 30Test your knowledge: -er = _________One who
(Medical Specialist) - 31Test your knowledge: -iatrician = _________Practitioner
(Medical Specialist) - 32Test your knowledge: -iatry = _________Medical profession or treatment
(Medical Specialties) - 33Test your knowledge: -ic = _________Pertaining to
(Medical Specialties) - 34Test your knowledge: -ist = _________One who
(Medical Specialist) - 35Test your knowledge: -logist = _________One who studies; or specialist
(Medical Specialist) - 36Test your knowledge: -logy = _________Study or science of
(Medical Specialties) - 37The word medicine has multiple meanings."a drug"
"a remedy for illness"
"the art and science of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease"
"treating disease without surgery" - 38A medical specialty that encompasses several branches of medicine and coordinates healthcare for all members of a family is a _____________.Family practice
(Family practice physician) - 39Family practice physicians have largely replaced the concept of a _____________.General practitioner (GP)
- 40A nonsurgical specialty of medicine that deal specifically with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal structures of the body is _____________.Internal medicine
(Internist) - 41What is the meaning of the combining form? cardi/o = _________Heart
- 42What is the meaning of the combining form? crin/o = _________To secrete
- 43What is the meaning of the combining form? dermat/o = _________Skin
- 44What is the meaning of the combining form? esthesi/o = _________Feeling or sensation
- 45What is the meaning of the combining form? gastr/o enter/o= _________Stomach; intestines
- 46What is the meaning of the combining form? ger/a = _________Elderly
- 47What is the meaning of the combining form? ger/o = _________Elderly
- 48What is the meaning of the combining form? geront/o = _________Elderly
- 49What is the meaning of the combining form? gynec/o = _________Female
- 50What is the medical specialty? cardi/o = ________Cardiology
- 51What is the medical specialty? crin/o = ________Endocrinology
- 52What is the medical specialty? dermat/o = ________Dermatology
- 53What is the medical specialty? esthesi/o = ________Anesthesiology
- 54What is the medical specialty? gastr/o enter/o= ________Gastroenterology
- 55What is the medical specialty? ger/a = ________Geriatrics
- 56What is the medical specialty? ger/o = ________Geriatrics
- 57What is the medical specialty? geront/o = ________Geriatrics
- 58What is the medical specialty? gynec/o = ________Gynecology
- 59What is the medical specialist? cardi/o = ____________Cardiologist
- 60What is the medical specialist? crin/o = ________Endocrinologist
- 61What is the medical specialist? dermat/o = ________Dermatologist
- 62What is the medical specialist? esthesi/o = ________Anesthesiologist
- 63What is the medical specialist? gastr/o enter/o = ________Gastroenterologist
- 64What is the medical specialist? ger/a = ________Geriatrician
- 65What is the medical specialist? ger/o = ________Geriatrician
- 66What is the medical specialist? geront/o = ________Geriatrician
- 67What is the medical specialist? gynec/o = ________Gynecologist
- 68What is the meaning of the combining form? immun/o = _________Immune
- 69What is the meaning of the combining form? ne/o, nat/o = _________new, birth
- 70What is the meaning of the combining form? neur/o = _________Nerve
- 71What is the meaning of the combining form? obstetr/o = _________Midwife
- 72What is the meaning of the combining form? onc/o = _________Tumor
- 73What is the meaning of the combining form? opthalm/o = _________Eye
- 74What is the meaning of the combining form? orth/o ped/o = _________Straight; child
- 75What is the meaning of the combining form? ot/o, laryng/o = _________Ear; Larynx
- 76What is the meaning of the combining form? path/o = _________Disease
- 77What is the meaning of the combining form? ped/o = _________Child
- 78What is the meaning of the combining form? psych/o = _________Mind
- 79What is the meaning of the combining form? radi/o = _________radiation (or radius)
- 80What is the meaning of the combining form? rheumat/o = _________Rheumatism
- 81What is the meaning of the combining form? rhin/o = _________Nose
- 82What is the meaning of the combining form? ur/o = _________Urinary tract (or urine)
- 83What is the medical specialty? immun/o = ________Immunology
- 84What is the medical specialty? ne/o, nat/o = ________Neonatology
- 85What is the medical specialty? neur/o = ________Neurology
- 86What is the medical specialty? obstret/o = ________Obstretics
- 87What is the medical specialty? onc/o = ________Oncology
- 88What is the medical specialty? opthalm/o = ________Opthalmology
- 89What is the medical specialty? orth/o, ped/o = ________Orthopedics
- 90What is the medical specialty? ot/o, laryng/o = ________Otolaryngology
- 91What is the medical specialty? path/o = ________Pathology
- 92What is the medical specialty? ped/o = ________Pediatrics
- 93What is the medical specialty? psych/o = ________Psychiatry
- 94What is the medical specialty? radi/o = ________Radiology
- 95What is the medical specialty? rheumat/o = ________Rheumatology
- 96What is the medical specialty? rhin/o = ________Rhinology
- 97What is the medical specialty? ur/o = ________Urology
- 98What is the medical specialist? immun/o = ________Immunologist
- 99What is the medical specialist? ne/o, nat/o = ________Neonatologist
- 100What is the medical specialist? neur/o = ________Neurologist
- 101What is the medical specialist? obstetr/o = ________Obstetrician
- 102What is the medical specialist? onc/o = ________Oncologist
- 103What is the medical specialist? opthalm/o = ________Opthalmologist
- 104What is the medical specialist? orth/o, ped/o = ________Orthopedist, Orthopedic Surgeon
- 105What is the medical specialist? ot/o, laryng/o = ________Otolaryngologist
- 106What is the medical specialist? path/o = ________Pathologist
- 107What is the medical specialist? ped/o = ________Pediatrician
- 108What is the medical specialist? psych/o = ________Psychiatrist
- 109What is the medical specialist? radi/o = ________Radiologist
- 110What is the medical specialist? rheumat/o = ________Rheumatologist
- 111What is the medical specialist? rhin/o = ________Rhinologist
- 112What is the medical specialist? ur/o = ________Urologist
- 113What is the combining form? cardiology = ____________cardi/o
- 114What is the combining form? dermatology = ____________dermat/o
- 115What is the combining form? gynecology = ____________gynec/o
- 116What is the combining form? immunology = ____________immun/o
- 117What is the combining form? neurology = ____________neur/o
- 118What is the combining form? oncology = ____________onc/o
- 119What is the combining form? opthalmology = ____________opthalm/o
- 120What is the combining form? pathology = ____________path/o
- 121What is the combining form? psychiatry = ____________psych/o
- 122What is the combining form? radiology = ____________radi/o
- 123What is the combining form? rhinology = ____________rhin/o
- 124What is the combining form? urology = ____________ur/o
- 125What is the meaning? CardiologyStudy or science of the heart
- 126What is the meaning? DermatologyStudy or science of the skin
- 127What is the meaning? GynecologyStudy or science of females
- 128What is the meaning? ImmunologyStudy or science of the immune system
- 129What is the meaning? NeurologyStudy or science of the nervous system
- 130What is the meaning? OncologyStudy or science of tumors
- 131What is the meaning? OpthalmologyStudy or science of the eye
- 132What is the meaning? PathologyStudy or science of disease
- 133What is the meaning? PsychiatryMedical profession or treatment of the mind
- 134What is the meaning? RadiologyStudy or science of radiation
- 135What is the meaning? RhinologyStudy or science of the nose
- 136What is the meaning? UrologyStudy or science of the urinary tract
- 137What is the meaning of the combining form? crin/oTo secrete
- 138What is the meaning of the combining form? enter/oIntestines
- 139What is the meaning of the combining form? esthesi/oFeeling or sensation
- 140What is the meaning of the combining form? grastr/oStomach
- 141What is the meaning of the combining form? ger/oElderly
- 142What is the meaning of the combining form? laryng/oLarynx
- 143What is the meaning of the combining form? nat/oBirth
- 144What is the meaning of the combining form? ne/oNew
- 145What is the meaning of the combining form? obstetr/oMidwife
- 146What is the meaning of the combining form? orth/oStraight
- 147What is the meaning of the combining form? ot/oEar
- 148What is the meaning of the combining form? ped/oChild
- 149What is the meaning? endo-Inside
- 150What is the meaning? MalignantTending to become worse, spread, and cause death.
- 151What is the meaning? NeoplasmNew growth
- 152What is the meaning? BenignNot cancerous
- 153The study of all aspects of the aging process and issues encountered by elderly is called _______________.Gerontology.
- 154The branch of medicine concerned with the problems of aging and the diseases of elderly is call ________________.Geriatrics.
- 155Write the term: ne/o + nat/o + -logyNeonatology
- 156Write the term: ot/o + laryng/o + -logyOtolaryngology
- 157Write the term: rheumat/o + logistRheumatologist
- 158Write the term: endo- + crineEndocrine
- 159Write the term: onc/o + logistOncologist
- 160Write the term: gastr/o + enter/o + -logistGastroenterologist
- 161What is the meeting of the term? CardiacPertaining to the heart.
- 162What is the meeting of the term? DermalPertaining to the skin.
- 163What is the meeting of the term? dermatologic or dermatologicalPertaining to dermatology.
- 164What is the meeting of the term? GastricPertaining to the stomach.
- 165What is the meeting of the term? Gynecologic or GynecologicalPertaining to the female reproductive tract, or to gynecology.
- 166What is the meeting of the term? Neurologic or NeurologicalPertaining to neurology or the nervous system.
- 167What is the meeting of the term? Obstetric or ObstetricalPertaining to obsterics or childbirth process.
- 168What is the meeting of the term? Ophthalmic, ophthalmologic, ophthalmologicalPertaining to the eye or ophthalmology.
- 169What is the meeting of the term? OticPertaining to the ear.
- 170What is the meeting of the term? PediatricPertaining to pediatrics or health of children.
- 171What is the meeting of the term? Radiologic or RadiologicalPertaining to radiology.
- 172What is the meeting of the term? Urological, urological, uninaryPertaining to urology or sometimes urine.
- 173What does Pathology mean?The science or study of disease.
- 174What does Pathologist mean?Someone who specializes in pathology.
- 175What does Pathologic or Pathological mean?"morbid" "diseased or unwholesome"
or more modern terms :
"Pertaining to a condition caused by or that involves a disease process." - 176What does Neurosurgeon mean?Someone who specializes in surgery of the nervous system.
- 177What does Plastic Surgery mean?A surgical repair or reconstruction of the body.
- 178What does Elective Procedure mean?A procedure performed by choice and is non-essential.
- 179What does Orthopedics mean?A branch of surgery that deals with the preservation and restoration of bones and associated structures.
Orth/o = Straight
Ped/o = Child
Originally focused on children's bones. - 180What is the name of someone who specializes in surgery of the bones and related systems?Orthopedist
- 181What is the medical speciality that deals with the causes, treatment and of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders?Psychiatry
- 182What is a specialist in psychiatry called?a Psychiatrist
- 183What is a physician who specializes in intensive care called? (ICU)Intensivist
- 184What is a physician who specializes in the care of patients staying in a hospital?Hospitalist
- 185What is the branch of medicine concerned with the administration of anesthetics and their effects.Anesthesiology.
- 186What is a physician who administers anesthetics during surgery called?Anesthesiologist
- 187What is someone trained (but not a physician) to administer anesthetics?Anesthetist.
- 188What is a drug or agent capable of producing anesthesia?Anesthetic
- 189What is the study of incidence, prevalence, spread, prevention, and control of disease in a specific group of individuals.Epidemology
- 190What is a physician or scientist in the field of epidemiology called?Epidemiologist
- 191What is someone who is trained in special skills in one or more area of healthcare, but is not a physician - instead aids physicians in care?Therapist.
- 192What speciality deals with the legal aspects of healthcare?Forensic medicine
- 193What is the specialist that deals with: ChildrenPediatrician
- 194What is the specialist that deals with: Disease in generalPathologist
- 195What is the specialist that deals with: Ear, nose, throatOtolaryngologist
- 196What is the specialist that deals with: Feeling or sensationAnesthesiologist
- 197What is the specialist that deals with: FemalesGynocologist
- 198What is the specialist that deals with: Nervous systemNeurologist
- 199What is the specialist that deals with: NewbornsNeonatologist
- 200What is the specialist that deals with: Older PersonGeriatrician
- 201What is the specialist that deals with: SkinDermotologist
- 202What is the specialist that deals with: TumorsOncologist
- 203What is the specialty that deals with: heart attacksCardiology
- 204What is the specialty that deals with: interpreting a radiographRadiology
- 205What is the specialty that deals with: deficiency of the immune systemImmunology
- 206What is the specialty that deals with: hormonal deficiencyEndocrinology
- 207What is the specialty that deals with: nosebleedsRhinology
- 208What is the specialty that deals with: miscarriageObstetrics
- 209What is the specialty that deals with: irritable bowel diseaseGastroenterology
- 210What is the specialty that deals with: urinary tract infectionsUrology
- 211What is the specialty that deals with: broken wristOrthopedics
- 212What is the specialty that deals with: rheumatoid arthritisRheumatology
- 213What does the suffix mean? -centesisSurgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
- 214What does the suffix mean? -ectomyexcision
(surgical removal or cutting out) - 215What does the suffix mean? -lysisProcess of loosening, freeing, or destroying.
- 216What does the suffix mean? -pexySurgical fixation
(fastening in a fixed position) - 217What does the suffix mean? -plastySurgical repair
- 218What does the suffix mean? -rraphySuture
(uniting a would by stitches) - 219What does the suffix mean? -scopyVisual examination with a lighted instrument.
(not always a surgical procedure) - 220What does the suffix mean? -stomyFormation of an opening.
- 221What does the suffix mean? -tomeAn instrument used for cutting.
- 222What does the suffix mean? -tomyIncision
(cutting into tissue) - 223What does the suffix mean? -tripsySurgical crushing
- 224What is the suffix for: Instrument used for cutting-tome
- 225What is the suffix for: instrument used for viewing-scope
- 226What is the suffix for: excision-ectomy
- 227What is the suffix for: formation of an opening-stomy
- 228What is the suffix for: incision-tomy
- 229What is the suffix for: process of destroying-lysis
- 230What is the suffix for: surgical crushing-tripsy
- 231What is the suffix for: surgical fixation-pexy
- 232What is the suffix for: surgical puncture-centisis
- 233What is the suffix for: surgical repair-plasty
- 234What is the suffix for: suture-rraphy
- 235What is the suffix for: visual examination with an instrument-scopy
- 236What is the meaning of the combining form: aden/oGland
- 237What is the meaning of the combining form: angi/oVessel
- 238What is the meaning of the combining form: append/o, appendic/oAppendix
- 239What is the meaning of the combining form: bi/oLife or living
- 240What is the meaning of the combining form: blephar/oEyelid
- 241What is the meaning of the combining form: cerebr/o or encephal/oBrain
- 242What is the meaning of the combining form: chir/oHand
- 243What is the meaning of the combining form: col/oColon or large intestine
- 244What is the meaning of the combining form: cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/oSkin
- 245What is the meaning of the combining form: faci/oFace
- 246What is the meaning of the combining form: hepat/oLiver
- 247What is the meaning of the combining form: mamm/o, mast/oBreast
- 248What is the meaning of the combining form: muscul/o, my/oMuscle
- 249What is the meaning of the combining form: myel/oBone marrow or spinal cord
- 250What is the meaning of the combining form: oste/oBone
- 251What is the meaning of the combining form: pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/oLungs
- 252What is the meaning of the combining form: tonsill/oTonsil
- 253What is the meaning of the combining form: trache/otrachea
(windpipe) - 254What is the meaning of the combining form: vas/ovessel, ductus, deferens
- 255What is the combining form for: Vesselangi/o
- 256What is the combining form for: boneMyel/o
- 257What is the combining form for: Brainencephal/o
- 258What is the combining form for: breastmast/o
- 259What is the combining form for: skinderm/a
- 260What does the following term mean: ColopexySurgical fixation of the colon to the abdominal wall
col/o -pexy - 261What does the following term mean: AdenectomyExcision of a gland
aden/o -ectomy - 262What does the following term mean: ColostomyOpening some portion of the large intestine onto the abdominal surface.
col/o -stomy - 263What does the following term mean: ColoscopyVisual examination of the colon with a lighted instrument.
col/o -scopy - 264What does the following term mean: MastectomyRemoval of one of both of the breasts.
mast/o -ectomy - 265What does the following term mean: MastitisInflammation of the breast.
Mast/o -itis - 266What does the following term mean: MastopexySurgical fixation of the breasts.
mast/o -pexy - 267What does the following term mean: NeurectomyPartial or total excision of a nerve.
neur/o -ectomy - 268What does the following term mean: NeurolysisDestruction of nerve tissue or loosening of adhesions surround a nerve.
neur/o -lysis - 269What does the following term mean: NeuroplastySurgical repair or a nerve or nerves.
Neur/o -plasty - 270What is the meaning of: BiopsySurgical excision of a small lump for microscopic examination?
- 271What is the meaning of: LumpectomySurgical excision of a suspicious lump.
- 272What is the meaning of the suffix: -algia, -dyniaPain
- 273What is the meaning of the suffix: -celeHernia
- 274What is the meaning of the suffix: -ectasia, -ectasisDialation
- 275What is the meaning of the suffix: -edemaSwelling
- 276What is the meaning of the suffix: -emisisVomiting
- 277What is the meaning of the suffix: -emiaCondition of the blood.
- 278What is the meaning of the suffix: -ia, iasisCondition
- 279What is the meaning of the suffix: -itisInflammation
- 280What is the meaning of the suffix: -lithStone or calculus
- 281What is the meaning of the suffix: -malaciaSoft of softening.
- 282What is the meaning of the suffix: -maniaExcessive preoccupation.
- 283What is the meaning of the suffix: -megalyEnlargement
- 284What is the meaning of the suffix: -oidResembelling
- 285What is the meaning of the suffix: -omaTumor
- 286What is the meaning of the suffix: -osisCondition
(increase) - 287What is the meaning of the suffix: -pathyDisease
- 288What is the meaning of the suffix: -peniaDeficiency
- 289What is the meaning of the suffix: -phobiaAbnormal fear.
- 290What is the meaning of the suffix: -ptosisProlapse
(sagging) - 291What is the meaning of the suffix: -rrhage, -rrhagiaExcessing bleeding or hemorhhage
- 292What is the meaning of the suffix: -rrheaFlow or discharge.
- 293What is the meaning of the suffix: -rrhexisRupture
- 294What is the meaning of the suffix: -spasmTwitching, cramp
- 295What is the meaning of the suffix: -stasisStopping or controlling.
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