Download Allied Heathcare medical terminology important suffixes

ALLIED HEATHCARE
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
IMPORTANT SUFFIXES
MORE WORD
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-GRAM
A record of data

Electrocardiogram
(record of the heart’s electrical activity)
-GRAPH
 - instrument
for recording
cardiograph: instrument used to record the
mechanical movements of the heart
-GRAPHY
Process of recording
Echography: recording data obtained by
ultrasound
Sonography
 using the reflections of high -frequency sound waves to
construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly
used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs
-LOGY
Study of
Psychology
Phlebotomy
Biology
Gynecology
Urology
nephrology
-LOGIST
One who specializes in the study or
treatment of
Psychologist
Phelbotomist
Biologist
Gynecologist
Urologist
nephrologist
-METER
 Instrument for measuring
 Calorimeter
instrument for measuring the caloric energy of food
 Goniometer
 instrument used to measure the angle of a human joint, such
as the knee or elbow; physical therapy
-METRY
The process of measuring; measurement of
 Optometry: measurement of seeing
 Audiometry: measurement of hearing
-SCOPE
Instrument for viewing or examination
 Bronchoscope: instrument for examining the
bronchi (breathing passages)
 Otoscope: instrument for
examining the ears
-STASIS
Stop, suppression, stoppage
Homeostasis the tendency of a system to
maintain internal stability
(temperature – shiver when cold to get warm;
perspire/sweat when hot to cool off the body
NECROSIS
Death of tissue
osteonecrosis
 Death of bone (oste/o) tissue
-TOXIN
Poison
Nephrotoxin
Substances poisonous or harmful for the
kidneys

-AL
Means relating to
WHAT LOCATION ON THE BODY DO THESE TERMS REFER TO?
 Medial  location to the center of the body
 Lateral  location at the side of the body
 Distal  location far from a point of reference
 Proximal  location closest to a point of reference
-ATION
Process of
Radiation
Process of radiating
Sterilization
Process of sterilizing
-IUM
Structure or tissue
bacterium
SUFFIXES THAT MEAN “CONDITION OF”
-ia
Dementia: loss of intellectual function
-ism
Caf feinism - a condition caused by an excessive amount of
caf feine in the body, resulting in symptoms of high blood
pressure, diarrhea, palpitations, accelerated breathing , etc
-sis
 Stenosis - condition of narrowing of a can such as a vein,
nerve
WORD CHALLENGE
 What does thrombolysis mean?
 Thrombo –
blood clot
 -lysis
Breaking down or dissolution
 Breaking down of a blood clot by infusion of an
enzyme into the blood