Questions and Answers
What does the suffix '-algia' refer to in medical terminology?
Pain or painful condition
What does the prefix 'hypo-' mean in medical terminology?
Deficient or decreased
What does the suffix '-ostomy' refer to in medical terminology?
Surgical creation of an artificial opening
What does the prefix 'dys-' mean in medical terminology?
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What does the suffix '-osis' refer to in medical terminology?
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What does the suffix '-ectomy' refer to in medical terminology?
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Study Notes
Medical Terminology: Key Word Parts and Definitions
Pain and Difficulty
- -algia: refers to pain or a painful condition, e.g. neuralgia
- dys-: means bad, difficult, or painful, e.g. dysentery
Surgical Procedures
- ectomy: surgical removal, cutting out, or excision, e.g. tracheoectomy
- -otomy: means cutting, surgical incision, e.g. tracheotomy
- -plasty: means surgical repair, e.g. osteoplasty (oste: bone)
- -ostomy: the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface, e.g. colostomy
Abnormal Conditions
- hyper-: means excessive, increased, e.g. Hyperthyroidism
- hypo-: means deficient, decreased, e.g. Hypothyroidism
- -itis: means inflammation, e.g. hepatitis
- -osis: means abnormal condition, disease, e.g. tuberculosis
- -sclerosis: means abnormal hardening, e.g. arteriosclerosis
Fluid and Bleeding
- -rrhage: means bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge, e.g. hemorrhage
- -rrhaphy: means surgical suturing (stitching), e.g. gastrorrhaphy
- -rrhea: means flow or discharge, e.g. gonorrhea
- -rrhexis: means rupture, e.g. myorrhexia (muscles rupture)
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