Medical Suffixes & Combining Vowels

The medical suffix "-logy" means...

• disease

• the study of

• inflammation

A suffix is found at the beginning of the word

• True

• False

The medical suffix "-itis" means...

• inflammation

• disease

• blood

The medical suffix "-aemia" means...

• disease process

• forming

• blood condition

The medical suffix "-ism" means...

• condition or disease

• disease process

• state of or condition

• forming

Combining vowels...

• change the meaning of the two words

• are found at the end of the word

• make it easier to say the word

Choose the correct combining vowel for 'acid' + 'sis'

• acidisis

• acidosis

• acidsis

how many combining vowels are in the word "gastroenteritis" ?

• 1

• 2

• 3

why do we sometimes add a suffix to a root word?

• we don't add suffixes

• it does not help the doctor

• it is talking about a disease, condition or medical procedure

what does the word 'procedure' mean?

• a way of doing something

• special words

• an illness in the body