Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:Terminology in Health Care and Public Health Settings
Unit:Understanding Medical Words
Lecture:Common prefixes and suffixes
Singular and plural endings
Abbreviations
Slide content:Examples of Suffixes Suffix Meaning algia pain cise cut dynia pain, swelling ectasis dilatation itis inflammation logy study of lysis destruction 8
Slide notes:8 Here are more examples of suffixes and their meanings: algia means pain cise (pronounce size) means cut dynia (pronounced dinn-knee-uah) means pain or swelling ectasis (pronounced eck-tuh-sis) means dilatation itis" means inflammation logy (pronounced lah-gee) means the study of lysis (pronounced lis-sis) means destruction