Suffixes

Question 1

suffixes

Answer 1

-come after the root word
-Modify the meaning of the root word
-can be classify by meaning, which include:
“ pertaining to”
surgical
procedural
conditional and structural

Question 2

Suffixes that mean “pertaining to”

Answer 2

-ac
-an
-ic
-ar
-al
-ous
-ine
-tic
-ary
-eal
Ex: cardiac

Question 3

Surgical Suffixes

Answer 3

-ectomy( removal of)
ex: appendectomy
-scope(instrument or exam)
ex: endoscope
-tomy(cutting, incision)
ex: phlebotomy
-plasty(repair)
ex: anigioplasty
angio(vessel) plasty(repair)

Question 4

Surgical Suffixes pt.2

Answer 4

• centesis(punture a cavity to remove fluid)
  ex: amniocentesis
• pexy(fixation)
  ex: nephropexy
• stomy(a new permanent opening)
  ex: gastrostomy

Question 5

Surgical Suffixes pt.3

Answer 5

-tomy (cutting into, incision)
ex: gastronomy
rrhaphy(repair or suture)
ex: cardiorrhaphy
-tripsy(crushing or destroying)
ex: lithotripsy

Question 6

Procedural Suffixes

Answer 6

• gram(record of)
  ex: mammogram
• graphy(procedure that records)
  ex: angiography
• therapy(treatment)
  ex: hydrotherapy
• scopy(visual examination)
  ex: abdominoscopy
• logy(study of)
  ex: cardiology

Question 7

Conditional

& Structural Suffixes

Answer 7

• algia or dynia(pain)
  ex: myalgia or cephalodynia
• rhexis(rupture)
  ex: hysterorrhexis
• itis( inflammation)
  ex: burditis
• osis(abnormal condition)
  ex: cirrhosis
• pathy(disease)
  ex: myopathy