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What is the role of an adjective in a sentence?
What is the role of an adjective in a sentence?
- To qualify a noun or noun phrase (correct)
- To connect two clauses
- To modify a verb
- To indicate tone
What is the meaning of the adjective suffix '-al'?
What is the meaning of the adjective suffix '-al'?
- Pertaining to a process
- Pertaining to a part of the body
- Pertaining to a condition
- All of the above (correct)
What does the adjective suffix '-eal' pertain to?
What does the adjective suffix '-eal' pertain to?
- A part of the body (correct)
- A condition
- A process
- Peritoneum
What does the adjective 'Vascular' pertain to?
What does the adjective 'Vascular' pertain to?
Which of the following adjective suffixes is not mentioned in the content?
Which of the following adjective suffixes is not mentioned in the content?
What does the adjective 'Axillary' pertain to?
What does the adjective 'Axillary' pertain to?
What does the suffix '-centesis' refer to?
What does the suffix '-centesis' refer to?
What does the term 'Hysterectomy' refer to?
What does the term 'Hysterectomy' refer to?
What does the suffix '-gram' refer to?
What does the suffix '-gram' refer to?
What does the term 'Laparoscopy' refer to?
What does the term 'Laparoscopy' refer to?
What does the suffix '-plasty' refer to?
What does the suffix '-plasty' refer to?
What does the term 'Angioplasty' refer to?
What does the term 'Angioplasty' refer to?
What does the suffix '-ectomy' refer to?
What does the suffix '-ectomy' refer to?
What does the term 'Mammogram' refer to?
What does the term 'Mammogram' refer to?
What does the suffix '-scopy' refer to?
What does the suffix '-scopy' refer to?
What does the term 'Colostomy' refer to?
What does the term 'Colostomy' refer to?
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Study Notes
Suffixes
- Suffixes are divided into two types: Adjective and Procedural.
Adjective Suffixes
- Adjective suffixes are found at the end of a word and provide more information about a noun or noun phrase.
- Examples of adjective suffixes:
- -al, -eal: pertaining to a part of the body, process, or condition (e.g., peritoneal, inguinal)
- -ar, -ary: pertaining to a part of the body, process, or condition (e.g., vascular, pulmonary)
- -ic: pertaining to a part of the body, process, or condition (e.g., chronic, gastric)
Procedural Suffixes
- Procedural suffixes describe procedures used in patient care, treatment, diagnosis, and surgical procedures.
- Examples of procedural suffixes:
- -centesis: surgical procedure to remove fluid (e.g., thoracentesis, amniocentesis)
- -ectomy: removal, excision, resection (e.g., hysterectomy, cholecystectomy)
- -gram: record (e.g., mammogram)
- -graphy: process of recording (e.g., mammography)
- -lysis: separation, breakdown, destruction (e.g., dialysis)
- -plasty: surgical repair (e.g., angioplasty)
- -scopy: process of visual examination (e.g., laparoscopy)
- -stomy: opening (e.g., colostomy)
- -therapy: treatment (e.g., chemotherapy)
Suffix Examples
- Examples of suffixes with their meanings and examples:
- -algia: condition of pain (e.g., fibromyalgia)
- -blast: immature (e.g., lymphoblast)
- -cyte: cell (e.g., lymphocyte)
- -ectasis: dilation, expansion (e.g., caliectasis)
- -emesis: vomiting (e.g., emesis gravidarum)
- -esis: condition, action, process (e.g., thoracentesis)
- -globin: protein in blood (e.g., hemoglobin)
- -itis: inflammation (e.g., appendicitis)
- -ism: medical condition (e.g., aneurysm)
- -logy: study of (e.g., pathology)
- -logist: someone who studies (e.g., pathologist)
- -oma: tumor, mass (e.g., hepatoma)
- -osis: abnormal condition (e.g., fibrosis)
- -pathy: disease condition (e.g., cardiomyopathy)
- -penia: deficiency (e.g., leukopenia)
- -phasia: difficulty (e.g., dysphasia)
- -rrhea: flow, discharge (e.g., menorrhea)
- -scope: instrument used to visualize (e.g., cystoscope)
- -scopy: visual examination (e.g., cystoscopy)
- -stasis: stoppage of blood, fluids (e.g., hemostasis)
- -trophy: denotes food, nutrition, growth (e.g., atrophy)
- -tripsy: mechanical force or sound waves (e.g., lithotripsy)
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