Common Suffixes and Prefixes in Medical Terms. Dr Masoud Sirati Nir

EXERCISE 2-1 Choose the letter next to the Column 2 definition corresponding to .each suffix in Column 1 and write it in the space provided Column 2 Column 1 A. a morbid impulse toward a specific object or thought cyte- ______.1 B. a noun-forming suffix indicating a practice or a doctrine edema- ______.2 C. a stone, calculus, calcification emesis- ______.3 D. a suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a globin- ______.4 condition E. disease iasis- ______.5 F. a word meaning fear, often appearing as a suffix ism- ______.6 G. cell lith- ______.7 H. condition mania- ______.8 J. excessive fluid in intracellular tissues opsy- ______.9 K. instrument for cutting pathy-______.10 L. level: unchanging phobia-______.11 M. narrowed; blocked poiesis-______.12 N. not really a suffix, but a root meaning hard that sis-______.13 sometimes combines with other roots or prefixes to indicate a condition of hardness O. permanent opening stasis- ______.14 P. producing tenosis- ______.15 Q. the protein of hemoglobin stomy- ______.16 R. disintegration tome- ______.17 S. visual examination lysis- ______.18 T. vomiting sclerosis- ______.19

EXERCISE 2-2 Select from the following terms to complete the sentences :below Mammogram Colocolostomy Angiography Oophorectomy Colostomy Angioplasty Phlebotomy Hysterectomy Bronchoscopy thoracentesis Laryngoscopy Chemotherapy

……surgical repair of a blood vessel using a catheter (tube), balloon, and stent is .1 ……treatment using chemical to destroy malignant cells is .2 ……(X- ray record of the breast is a (an .3 ……Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest is .4 … …(A new opening of the large intestine to the outside of the body is a (an .5 A new internal connection (anastomosis) between two parts of the large bowel .6 … …((intestine) is a (an … …(Removal of the uterus is a (an .7 ……Process of recording X-ray images of blood vessels after injecting contrast is .8 ……Visual examination of the voice box is .9 ……Incision of a vein to withdraw blood is .10

:EXERCISE 2-3 Write the medical term for the following Bursting forth of blood .1 (Hardening of fatty plaque (in the lining of the arteries .2 (Pertaining to time ( occurring over a long period of time .3 X- ray record of the spinal cord .4 Sharp, sudden, brief.5 treatment using cold temperatures .6 record of electricity in the brain .7 surgical puncture to remove fluid the membrane surrounding the fetus .8 muscle pain .9 malignant tumor of bone marrow .10 enlargement of the heart .11 abnormal condition of the death of cells .12 disease condition of the kidney .13 incision of the skull .14

:EXERCISE2-4 Provide the terms for the following procedures Excision of the gallbladder .1 Excision of the appendix .2 Excision of a breast .3 Excision of the uterus .4 Excision of an ovary .5 Excision of the voice box .6 Excision of a kidney .7 Excision of a gland .8 Excision of the large intestine .9 Excision of a fallopian tube .10 Excision of tonsils .11 Excision of the skull .12 Excision of the abdomen .13 Excision of the chest .14 Opening of the windpipe to the outside of the body .15 Opening of the colon to the outside of the body .16 Surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest .17 Surgical puncture to remove fluid from a joint .18 Incision of a vein .19 Visual examination of the voice box .20 :Answers key Chapter 2 EXERCISE 2-1 e-10 s-9 a-8 c-7 b-6 d-5 q-4 t-3 j-2 g-1 n-19 r-18 k-17 o-16 m-15 l-14 h-13 p-12 f-11

EXERCISE2-2 angiography .8 colostomy .5 angioplasty .1 laryngoscopy .9 colocolostomy .6 chemotherapy .2 phlebotomy .10 hysterectomy .7 mammogram .3 thoracentesis .4 EXERCISE 2-3 cardiomegaly .11 electroencephalogram .7 hemorrhage.1 necrosis .12 amniocentesis .8 atherosclerosis .2 nephropathy .13 myalgia .9 chronic .3 craniotomy .14 myeloma or multiple .10 myelogram .4 myeloma acute .5 cryotherapy .6

EXERCISE 2-4 tracheostomy.15 adenectomy.8 cholecystectomy.1 colostomy.16 colectomy.9 appendectomy.2 thoracentesis.17 salpingectomy.10 mastectomy .3 arthrocentesis.18 tonsillectomy.11 hysterectomy.4 phlebotomy.19 craniectomy.12 oophorectomy.5 laryngoscopy.20 laparectomy.13 laryngectomy.6 thoracectomy.14 nephrectomy.7 Common Suffixes and Prefixes

EXERCISE 2-1 Matching Suffixes with Meanings Choose the letter next to the Column 2 definition corresponding to each suffix in .Column 1 and write it in the space provided Column 2 Column 1 A. a morbid impulse toward a specific object or thought cyte- ______.1 B. a noun-forming suffix indicating a practice or a doctrine edema- ______.2 C. a stone, calculus, calcification emesis- ______.3 D. a suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a globin- ______.4 condition E. disease iasis- ______.5 F. a word meaning fear, often appearing as a suffix ism- ______.6 G. cell lith- ______.7 H. condition mania- ______.8 J. excessive fluid in intracellular tissues opsy- ______.9 K. instrument for cutting pathy-______.10 L. level: unchanging phobia-______.11 M. narrowed; blocked poiesis-______.12 N. not really a suffix, but a root meaning hard that sis-______.13 sometimes combines with other roots or prefixes to indicate a condition of hardness O. permanent opening stasis- ______.14 P. producing tenosis- ______.15 Q. the protein of hemoglobin stomy- ______.16 R. disintegration tome- ______.17 S. visual examination lysis- ______.18 T. vomiting sclerosis- ______.19

:Answers key Chapter 2 EXERCISE 2-1 e-10 s-9 a-8 c-7 b-6 d-5 q-4 t-3 j-2 g-1 n-19 r-18 k-17 o-16 m-15 l-14 h-13 p-12 f-11