Medical
Terminology
Pathological and
Related Suffixes
Medical Terminology Suffixes - Pathological and Related
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Medical
Terminology
Pathological suffixes and suffixes related to pathology describe an abnormal condition or disease.
This lecture demonstrates how to define and pronounce pathological and related suffixes.
Pathological and
Related Suffixes
Pathological & Related Suffixes
(-algia to –edema)
-algia
-dynia
-cele
-ectasis
-edema
pain
pain
hernia, swelling
dilation, expansion
swelling
Pathological & Related Suffixes
(-emesis to –iasis)
iasis)
-emesis
-emia
-gen
-genesis
-iasis
vomiting
blood condition
forming, producing, origin
forming, producing, origin
specific abnormal condition
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-algia neuralgia pain occurring in the path of the nerves neur/algia
-dynia otodynia pain occurring in the ear ot/o/dynia
-cele rectocele hernia of the rectum rect/o/cele
-ectasis Bronchiectasis dilation of one or more bronchi bronche/ectasis
-edema lymphedema swelling of tissue fluid lymph/edema
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-emesis hematemesis vomiting of blood hemat/emesis
-emia toxemia blood toxin tox/emia
-gen carcinogen substance that causes the development of cancer carcin/o/gen
-genesis carcinogenesis the formation of cancer cells carcin/o/genesis
-iasis cholelithiasis the condition of having gallstones in the gallbladder chol/e/lith/iasis
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Pathological & Related Suffixes
(-itis to –oma)
oma)
-itis
-lith
-malacia
-megaly
-oma
inflammation
stone, calculus
softening
enlargement
tumor
Pathological & Related Suffixes
(-osis to -phagia)
phagia)
-osis
-pathy
-penia
-phagia
-phasia
abnormal condition; increase
disease
decrease, deficiency
eating, swallowing
speech
Pathological & Related Suffixes
(-phobia to –rrhagia)
rrhagia)
-phobia
-plasia
-plasm
-plegia
-rrhage
-rrhagia
fear
formation, growth
formation, growth
paralysis
bursting of
bursting of
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-itis appendicitis inflammation of the appendix appendic/itis
-lith Nephrolith stone in the kindey nephr/o/lith
-malacia Condromalacia softening of the cartilage condr/o/malacia
-megaly Cardiomegaly enlargement of the heart cardi/o/megaly
-oma Osteoma tumor of the bone oste/oma
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-osis neurosis an abnormal mental condition neur/osis
-pathy neuropathy a disease of the nerves neur/o/pathy
-penia Erythropenia a decrease in the red blood cells erythr/o/penia
-phagia monophagia eating only a single food mono/phagia
-phasia aphasia without speech a/phasia
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-phobia panophobia the fear of everything pan/o/phobia
-plasia achondroplasia abnormal formation of cartilage a/chondr/o/plasm
-plasm neoplasm new growth neo/plasm
-plegia monoplegia complete paralysis of a single limb mono/plegia
-rrhage hemorrhage the loss of a large amount of blood hem/o/rrhage
-rrhagia menorrhagia the loss of a large amount of blood during menstration
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Pathological & Related Suffixes
(-rrhea to –trophy)
-rrhea
-rrhexis
-spasm
-stenosis
-toxic
-trophy
discharge, flow
rupture
involuntary contraction,
twitching
narrowing, stricture
poison
nourishment, development
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-rrhea menorrhea flow of blood from the uterus men/o/rrhea
-rrhexis plasmatorrhexis the bursting of a cell plasmat/o/rrhexis
-spasm bronchospasm an involuntary contraction of the bronchi bronch/o/spasm
-stenosis arteriostenosis a narrowing of the artery arteri/o/stenosis
-toxic hepatotoxic toxic to the liver hepat/o/toxic
-trophy atrophy the lack of development a/trophy
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