Suffixes

-al, -eal, -ic, -ar, -ary, -ine, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-algia

condition of pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

cutting out; removal, excision

-emia

blood condition

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ia

condition

-ism, -y, -ation

condition, process

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

to view

-osis

abnormal condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visual examination

-sis

state of

-tomy

process of cutting into; incision

-centesis

surgical puncture

-tripsy

crushing

-plasty

surgical repair

-tome

instrument used for cutting

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-lysis

separation; destruction; loosening

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

-rrhaphy

suture

-meter

instrument for measuring

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-metry

act of measuring

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth (of); excessive discharge of blood

-megaly

abnormal enlargement (of)

-cele

hernia, swelling

-edema

swelling

-pathy

disease

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-dynia

pain

-plasia

formation (condition), growth

-plasm

formation (tissue), growth

-gen, -genesis

forming, producing, origin

-lith

stone, calculus

-spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-rrhexis

rupture

-plegia

paralysis

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-emesis

vomiting

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

-malacia

abnormal softening

-lapse

slide

-pnea

breathing

-poiesis

formation

-sclerosis

hardening

-stasis

to stand, place, stop, control

-therapy

treatment

-trophy

development, nourishment

-genic

pertaining to producing, produced by

-um

structure

-uria

condition of urine

-cision

process of cutting

-crine

secretion

-dipsia

thirst

-mission

to send

-mortem

death

-partum

birth

-phagia

eating

-phasia

speech

-ptom

a happening

-section

to cut

-tension

pressure

-thesis

to put, place