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Diagnostic Suffixes
Diagnostic Terms
Procedural Suffixes
Procedural Terms
Misc
100
The suffix meaning condition.
What is -ia?
100
Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
What is endocarditis?
100
The sufix meaning removal, resection, or excision.
What is -ectomy?
100
Removal of the tonsils.
What is a Tonsilectomy?
100
The person who is specially trained to draw blood.
What is a Phlebotomist?
200
The suffix meaning tumor or mass.
What is -oma?
200
Blood infection results when pathogens enter the blood from a wound.
What is Septicemia?
200
A record such as a MRI.
What is -gram?
200
The removal of blood from a passage through a machine to filter out waste materials.
What is Hemodialysis?
200
An artificial opening in the windpipe.
What is a Tracheostomy?
300
The suffix meaning disease condition.
What is -pathy?
300
A malignant tumor of pigmented (black) cells in the skin.
What is Melanoma?
300
Process of visual examination.
What is -scopy?
300
A needle is used to drain fluid from a pleural effusion.
What is a Thoracentesis?
300
When two tube like structures are surgically connected within the body it can be done end to end, end to side, or side to side.
What is an Anastomosis.
400
The suffix meaning condition, or abnormal condition.
What is -osis?
400
A chronic disease of the heart muscle with inflammation and weakness.
What is Cardiomyopathy?
400
A surgial puncture to remove fluid.
What is -centesis?
400
A balloon is used to widen narrowed or blocked arteries. A stent may be placed in the artery to hold it open.
What is angioplasty?
400
Complete removal of a woman's reproductive organs.
What is a Total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoophorectomy
500
The suffix meaning excessive dischare of blood.
What is -rrhagia?
500
The most common type of arteriosclerosis. A fatty plaque collects on the lining of arteries.
What is Atherosclerosis?
500
The process of separation, breakdown, or destruction.
What is -lysis?
500
The creation of an opening from the descending colon to the outside of the body.
What is a descending colostomy?
500
The liver is lifted up to show the gallbladder underneath. The pancreas is a long, thin gland located behind and to the left of the stomach, toward the spleen. The common bile duct carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the intestine. After _______ the liver continues to produce bile and release it via the common bile duct, into the intestine.
What is Cholecystectomy?