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First Year. Medical terminology

4-Prefixes for color

.Table -1 lists prefixes related to colors

.Table -1: Prefixes of color (1)

5-Prefixes for directions

.Table -2 lists prefixes related to directions

Table -2: Prefixes of directions (2).

Prefix Refers to Example Meaning

-ab Away from outside Abnormal not normal
of, beyond
-Per Through Percutaneous through the skin

Prefixes of Negation-6
Negation means absence or opposite of something. These include words like
.antidepressant (anti- means “against”) . Table-3 lists prefixes related to negation (1)
 (3)
.Table -3: Prefixes of negation

Common suffixes
Dividing suffixes into functional categories makes them easier to learn than they-1
would be otherwise. A suffix adds to or changes a root in one of four different ways.
:Suffixes
.A-Signify a medical condition
.B-Signify a diagnostic term, test information, or surgical procedure
.C-Name a medical practice or practitioner
D-Convert a noun to an adjective (3).

The suffix -stenosis, for example, indicates a narrowing or blockage in a body part,-2
which is a condition. Consider the term arteriostenosis. Because the root arter/i/o
means artery, we may conclude that arteriostenosis is a narrowing of an artery. Note
(3)
:how this term is divided into word parts

Term Part Meaning

Arteriostenosis root: arter/i/o = artery Narrowing of an artery
suffix: -stenosis = narrowing

A-Suffixes Signifying Medical Conditions

The suffix -porosis, which means porous, is added to the root oste/o, to form the term
osteoporosis, which means “a porous condition of bone.” Table-4 lists more examples
(3)
.
(2, 3)
.Table -4: Suffixes that signify medical conditions
 B-Suffixes Signifying Diagnostic Terms, Test Information, or Surgical
Procedures

Suffixes that form terms related to test information, diagnoses, and procedures-1
(3)
.are often attached to a root that signifies a body part

The term appendectomy is an example. The suffix -ectomy means “removal of,” and-2
.append is the root for appendix. Thus, the term means “removal of the appendix.” (3)

Table -5 lists common suffixes that signify diagnostic terms, test information, or-3
.surgical procedures (3)

Table -5 suffixes that signify diagnostic terms, test information, or surgical

.procedures (3)

C-Suffixes That Name a Medical Practice or Practitioner

Some suffixes relating to a medical practice or practitioner are derived from-1
.the Greek word iatros, which means “physician” or “medical treatment.” (3)

2-This Greek word is the source of the root iatr/o. For practical purposes, you may
consider the root iatr as an integral part of the suffixes -iatric and -iatr, as in
the terms geriatrics, psychiatric, psychiatry, psychiatrist, pediatrics, and
.pediatrician (3)

3-Although both -ician and -ist are used in referring to a specialist, the suffix -ist is
perhaps the more common one (3).

- Terms denoting a field or medical specialty may also end with the suffix-4
(3)
.logy. Table -6 lists the suffixes for medical practice and practitioners
 (3)
.Table-6: Suffixes that signify medical practice and practitioners

4-Suffixes That Denote Adjectives

As with suffixes that signify medical practice and practitioners, suffixes used-1
.to create adjective forms are not governed by a clear set of rules (3)

Nevertheless, there are some rules that come into play, such as the rules of English-2
pronunciation. For example, we replace the final letter, x, in the word appendix with a c
to form the adjective appendicitis because “appendixitis” does not sound much like an
.English word (3)

(3) (2)
3-Examples of adjective suffixes are listed in Table -7 and 8 .

Table -7: Suffixes that denote adjectives

(2)
.”Table -8 Suffixes That Mean Pertaining to
 References:
Nanna Cross and Dana McWay. Stanfield s Essential Medical Terminology. Fifth-1
Edition. Copyright © 2020 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning
Company
2-Barbara Jonson. Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide. Fourth edition
Judi L. Nath and Kelsey P. Lindsley. A short course in medical terminology .Fourth-3
edition. Copyright © 2019 Wolters Kluwer
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