Suffixes

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Suffixes

• CHAPTER 3

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Suffixes

• Remember
• Meaning of suffix does not change
• Suffix does change meaning of the word
• Every medical word has an ending
• Either a suffix or a complete word
• Suffixes make a word a noun or an adjective

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Suffixes Rule

• When suffix begins with a consonant
• Combining vowel is needed to attach suffix to
  word root
• Example cephalodynia
• Breakdown of word cephal / o / dynia
• Root cephal
• Combining vowel o (is needed)
• Suffix dynia (begins with consonant)

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Suffixes Rule

• When suffix begins with a vowel
• Combining vowel is not needed to attach suffix to
  word root
• Example word cephalalgia
• Breakdown of word cephal / algia
• Root cephal
• Combining form (not needed)
• Suffix algia (begins with a vowel)

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Suffixes Rule

• Remember
• When defining a medical term
• Define suffix first
• Define prefix second
• Define word root(s) last

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Suffixes

• Suffixes indicate specialties and/or specialists
• May be specialist in a field of study
• May be one who specializes in the study of
• May be one who treats
• Suffixes indicate instruments
• May be an instrument used to view
• May be an instrument used to measure

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Suffixes

• Suffixes indicate surgical and diagnostic
  procedures
• May be surgical puncture
• May be process of recording
• May be process of viewing with a scope
• May be incision into

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Forming Plurals

• When singular form ends in a
• Change the a to ae
• When singular form ends in ax
• Change the ax to aces
• When singular form ends in is
• Change the is to es

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Forming Plurals

• When singular form ends in ix, ex, or yx
• Change the ix, ex, or yx to ices
• When singular form ends in on
• Change the on to a
• When the singular form ends in um
• Change the um to a

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Forming Plurals

• When the singular form ends in us
• Change the us to i
• When the singular form ends in ma
• Change the ma to mata

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Lets Play Suffix Bingo

• Use your blank bingo card with free space
• Fill in each blank with a different suffix
• Instructor will call out definitions
• You will cross box with an x if you have the
  suffix
• You can bingo vertically, horizontally,
  diagonally, or all four corners
• To win, you must have correct suffixes and be
  able to define each suffix