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Suffix For Conditions What It Means: Medical Terms Cheat Sheet

The document provides a medical terms cheat sheet with common suffixes and roots used in medical terminology. It lists suffixes that indicate conditions like -algia for pain, -itis for inflammation, and -oma for tumors. Root words are provided for different body parts like cardio for heart, hepato for liver, and neuro for nerves. Suffixes for surgical procedures are outlined such as -ectomy for removal, -ostomy for openings, and -oscopy for examining with a scope. Finally, common suffixes that mean "pertaining to" are listed like -ic, -ical, and -ous.

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Suffix For Conditions What It Means: Medical Terms Cheat Sheet

The document provides a medical terms cheat sheet with common suffixes and roots used in medical terminology. It lists suffixes that indicate conditions like -algia for pain, -itis for inflammation, and -oma for tumors. Root words are provided for different body parts like cardio for heart, hepato for liver, and neuro for nerves. Suffixes for surgical procedures are outlined such as -ectomy for removal, -ostomy for openings, and -oscopy for examining with a scope. Finally, common suffixes that mean "pertaining to" are listed like -ic, -ical, and -ous.

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Medical Terms Cheat Sheet

The clue to medical terms is in their suffix which follows the end of a word and creates a new one.
For example, the suffix, “pathy,” means disease. So, when you see a word ending in “pathy,” it’s
referring to a disease, as in nephropathy which means disease of the kidney (nephro).

Suffix for Conditions What it means


-algia Pain
-itis Inflammation
-oid Resemble e.g. fibroid
-oma Tumor
-phasia Speech e.g. aphasia (without speech usually
following a stroke)
-plegia Paralysis e.g. hemiplegia (half paralyzed)
-rrhage Burst forth e.g. hemorrhage
-sclerosis Hardening
-lith Stones or calcifications

Root Word for Body Parts What it means


hemo/a Blood
nephro Kidney
pneumo Lung
cardi Heart
gastro Stomach
duodeno Small intestine
coli Large intestine or colon
opthal or ocul Eye
derm Skin
neur Nerves
oste Bone
hepat Liver
encephal Brain
phleb Vein
myel Spinal cord or bone marrow

Suffix for surgery and procedures What is means


-ectomy Removal of
-otomy Large surgical opening
-ostomy Small surgical hole leading out of the body e.g.
colostomy bag
-centesis Tap or puncture to drain fluid
-tripsy To crush e.g. lithotripsy to crush kidney stones
-oscopy To examine with a scope exploring the body
cavity e.g. colonoscopy

There are a number of endings to medical terms that simply mean “pertaining to” and they are:
ac, al, ary, ic, ical, ous, tic and ar. For example, cardiac means pertaining to the heart, venous
means pertaining to the vein and pelvic means pertaining to the pelvis.

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