{"id":124,"date":"2016-08-01T19:58:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T23:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/?post_type=chapter&p=124"},"modified":"2017-07-06T16:25:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T20:25:02","slug":"%c2%a7139-standard-medical-suffixes-all-greek","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/chapter\/%c2%a7139-standard-medical-suffixes-all-greek\/","title":{"raw":"\u00a7139. Standard Medical Suffixes (all Greek)","rendered":"\u00a7139. Standard Medical Suffixes (all Greek)"},"content":{"raw":"The following will often be attached by the combining vowel -o-, as in rhin-o-plasty<\/i>.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
-ist<\/i><\/td>\r\n-<\/i>ist\u0113s (-<\/i>\u1f30\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2)<\/td>\r\n(creates agent noun; L -ista<\/b>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-<\/i>itis<\/i><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\ninflamed condition<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-<\/i>\u014d<\/em>sis<\/i><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nabnormal condition<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-<\/i>\u014d<\/em>ma<\/i><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nmorbid affection (a growth, L tumor<\/b>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-iasis<\/i><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\ndisease, abnormal condition<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-tomy<\/i><\/td>\r\n-<\/i>tomia<\/td>\r\ncutting; cf. L incision<\/b>- (caedere<\/b>, caesus<\/b>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-ectomy<\/i><\/td>\r\n-<\/i>ektomia<\/td>\r\ncutting out; cf. L excision-<\/b><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-stomy<\/i><\/td>\r\nstom(at)-<\/i><\/td>\r\nmouth, opening; cf. L. or-i-ficium <\/b>> E orifice<\/i><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-plasty<\/i><\/td>\r\nplass-\/plast-<\/i><\/td>\r\nshaping, moulding<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-rrh(o)ea<\/i><\/td>\r\nrhe-<\/i> (-<\/i>rhoia)<\/td>\r\nflow, discharge (e.g., \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u1fe4\u1fe5\u03bf\u03b9\u03b1)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-rrhagia<\/span><\/i><\/td>\r\nrhag-<\/i>\/rheg-<\/i><\/td>\r\nrapid discharge<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-rrhexis<\/i><\/td>\r\nrhag-<\/i>\/rheg-<\/i><\/td>\r\nbursting; cf. L ruptura<\/b> (rupture<\/i>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-rrhaphy<\/span><\/i><\/td>\r\nrhapt-<\/i>\/rhaph-<\/i>[footnote] This is the root that appears in rhapsode<\/em> (an ancient Greek \u201csong-stitcher\u201d) and rhapsody<\/em>.[\/footnote]<\/td>\r\nstitching; cf. L sutura<\/b> (suture<\/i>)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"

The following will often be attached by the combining vowel -o-, as in rhin-o-plasty<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
-ist<\/i><\/td>\n–<\/i>ist\u0113s (–<\/i>\u1f30\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2)<\/td>\n(creates agent noun; L -ista<\/b>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–<\/i>itis<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\ninflamed condition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–<\/i>\u014d<\/em>sis<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\nabnormal condition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–<\/i>\u014d<\/em>ma<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\nmorbid affection (a growth, L tumor<\/b>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-iasis<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\ndisease, abnormal condition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-tomy<\/i><\/td>\n–<\/i>tomia<\/td>\ncutting; cf. L incision<\/b>– (caedere<\/b>, caesus<\/b>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-ectomy<\/i><\/td>\n–<\/i>ektomia<\/td>\ncutting out; cf. L excision-<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-stomy<\/i><\/td>\nstom(at)–<\/i><\/td>\nmouth, opening; cf. L. or-i-ficium <\/b>> E orifice<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-plasty<\/i><\/td>\nplass-\/plast–<\/i><\/td>\nshaping, moulding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-rrh(o)ea<\/i><\/td>\nrhe–<\/i> (–<\/i>rhoia)<\/td>\nflow, discharge (e.g., \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u1fe4\u1fe5\u03bf\u03b9\u03b1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-rrhagia<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nrhag–<\/i>\/rheg–<\/i><\/td>\nrapid discharge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-rrhexis<\/i><\/td>\nrhag–<\/i>\/rheg–<\/i><\/td>\nbursting; cf. L ruptura<\/b> (rupture<\/i>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
-rrhaphy<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nrhapt–<\/i>\/rhaph–<\/i>[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/td>\nstitching; cf. L sutura<\/b> (suture<\/i>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
  1. This is the root that appears in rhapsode<\/em> (an ancient Greek \u201csong-stitcher\u201d) and rhapsody<\/em>. ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":20,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"Chapter 23: Some Medical Terminology","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[52],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-124","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":120,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/124\/revisions\/580"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/120"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/124\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}