Suffixes

1. 2 Suffixes

2. Learning Outcomes • Recognize how suffixes are used when building medical words. • Identify adjective, noun, and diminutive suffixes. • Be aware of suffixes that have more than one meaning.

3. Learning Outcomes • Recognize suffixes that pertain to pathological conditions. • Identify selected suffixes common to surgical and diagnostic procedures. • Analyze, build, spell, and pronounce medical words.

4. Overview of Suffixes • Suffix means tofasten on, beneath, or under. • A suffix can be a syllable or group of syllables united with or placed at the end of a word to alter or modify the meaning of the word or to create a new word. • A suffix is connected to a root or to a combining form to make new words.

5. Overview of Suffixes • A compound suffix is made up of more than one word component. It too is added to a root or a combining form to modify its meaning. • Whenever you change the suffix, you alter the meaning of the word to which it is attached.

6. Overview of Suffixes • The following guidelines pertain to suffixes: • If the suffix begins with a vowel, drop the combining vowel from the combining form and add the suffix. • If the suffix begins with a consonant, keep the combining vowel and add the suffix to the combining form.

7. Overview of Suffixes • The following guidelines pertain to suffixes: • Keep the combining vowel between two or more roots in a term. • When giving the meaning of the word or reading its definition, you usually begin with the meaning of the suffix.

8. General Use Suffixes • All suffixes, when written, are preceded by a hyphen (–) to signify that they are to be linked to the end of a root or combining form.

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10. Table 2.1 (continued) Selected Suffixes for General Use

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12. Table 2.1 (continued) Selected Suffixes for General Use

13. Grammatical Suffixes • Those suffixes that can be attached to a word root to form a part of speech, especially a noun or adjective, or to make a medical word singular or plural in form. • Suffixes are also used to indicate a diminutive form of a word that specifies a smaller version of the object indicated by the word root.

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18. Table 2.5 (continued) Selected Suffixes That Have More Than One Meaning

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20. Table 2.6 (continued) Selected Suffixes That Pertain To Pathological Conditions

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22. Table 2.6 (continued) Selected Suffixes That Pertain To Pathological Conditions

23. Table 2.6 (continued) Selected Suffixes That Pertain To Pathological Conditions

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27. Table 2.7 (continued) Selected Suffixes Used in Surgical and Diagnostic Procedures

28. Table 2.7 (continued) Selected Suffixes Used in Surgical and Diagnostic Procedures

29. Audio Pronunciations • Abrasion • Anesthetize • Arousal • Asymmetrical • Asystole

30. Audio Pronunciations • Comatose • Epithelium • Exogenous • Grandiose = great grand/i -ose = pertaining to

31. Audio Pronunciations • Gynecoid • Hypertrophy • Infection • Irregular • Nasolabial

32. Audio Pronunciations • Palpate • Steroid • Trauma • Turgor turg = swelling -or =one who

33. Suffix Match Up Quiz • -cidea. formation • -genb.flow • -plegiac.rupture • -rrhead.tokill • -rrhexise.paralysis

34. Review Quiz

35. A suffix that means pain is: • -algia • -cide • -dipsia • -stasis

36. A suffix that means pain is: • -algia • -cide • -dipsia • -stasis

37. The suffix -dipsia means: • point • forming • thirst • to separate

38. The suffix -dipsia means: • point • forming • thirst • to separate

39. Which of the following is not a suffix? • -an • -ase • -ate • -al

40. Which of the following is not a suffix? • -an • -ase • -ate • -al

41. The suffix -ism means: • mind • resemble • condition • spitting

42. The suffix -ism means: • mind • resemble • condition • spitting

43. The suffix -kinesis means: • hearing • motion • seizure • swelling

44. The suffix -kinesis means: • hearing • motion • seizure • swelling

45. The suffix -malacia means madness. • True • False

46. The suffix -malacia means madness. • True • False

47. When giving the meaning of a word, you usually begin with the meaning of the suffix. • True • False

48. When giving the meaning of a word, you usually begin with the meaning of the suffix. • True • False

49. Nasolabial means pertaining to the nose and mouth. • True • False

50. Nasolabial means pertaining to the nose and mouth. • True • False