Misc1
describes the disease condition or their symptoms
diagnostic suffixes
-megaly
enlargement
hepatomegaly
enlargement of the liver
-therapy
treatment
a new opening of large intestine to the outside of the body is called
colostomy
describe procedures used in patient care
procedural suffixes
-osis
condition, abnormal condition
cardiomyopathy
disease of the heart
-stomy
opening
x-ray record of the breast
mammogram
hardening of the arteries
arteriosclerosis
-pathy
disease condition
condition that lasts for a long time is called
chronic
-plasty
surgical repair or surgical correction
nephritis is what inflamed body part
kidney
suffix meaning separation, breakdown
-lysis
-rrhea
flow,discharge
normal discharge of blood during the menstrual period is called
menorrhea
excision of the tonsils
tonsillectomy
salpingitis is what inflamed body part
fallopian tubes
myeloma
tumor of bone marrow
-sclerosis
hardening
sharp, sudden, severe
acute
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest
thoracentesis
carcin/o
cancerous