The focus is to enable students to use this specialized language in a professional health care environment and in scholarly and professional writing. The course is designed to meet the prerequisite requirement for admission to professional programs in the health sciences.
Chapter 2 | Suffixes & Combining Forms Made Easy Medical Specialists & Their Specialities -er, -ist —> one who •-iatrician —> practitioner •-logist —> one who studies; specialist •-ac, -al, -ic, -ical —> pertaining to •-logic, -logical —> pertaining to the study of •-iatrics, -iatry —> medical profession or treatment •-logy — study or science of • Combining Forms for Selected Medical Specialists Combining Form Meaning Speciality Specialist cardi/o heart cardiology cardiologist crin/o to secrete endocrinology endocrinologist dermat/o skin dermatology dermatologist esthesi/o feeling or sensation anesthesiology anesthesiologist gastr/o, enter/o stomach, intestines gastroenterology gastroenterologist ger/a, ger/o, geront/o elderly geriatrics geriatrician immun/o immune immunology immunologist ne/o, nat/o new, birth neonatology neonatologist neur/o nerve neurology neurologist obstetr/o midwife obstetrics obstetrician onc/o tumor oncology oncologist opthalm/o eye ophthalmology ophthalmologist orth/o, ped/o straight, child orthopedics orthopedist, orthopedic surgeon ot/o, layng/o ear, larynx otolaryngology otolaryngologist path/o disease pathology pathologist ped/o child pediatrics pediatrician psych/o mind psychiatry psychiatrist radi/o radiation (or radius) radiology radiologist rheumat/o rheumatism rheumatology rheumatologist rhin/o nose rhinology rhinologist ur/o urinary tract urology urologist Suffixes: Surgical Procedures -centesis —> surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid •-ectomy —> excision (surgical removal or cutting out) •-lysis —> process of loosening, freeing, or destroying •-pexy —> surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) •-plasty —> surgical repair •-rrhaphy —> suture (uniting a wound by stitches) •-scopy —> visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure) •-stomy —> formation of an opening •-tome —> an instrument used for cutting •-tomy —> incision (cutting into tissue) •-tripsy —> surgical crushing • Combining Forms for Selected Body Structure Aden/o = gland •Angi/o = vessel •Append/o, appendic/o = appendix •
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