Common Medical Suffixes

-algia

Pain & suffering

-dynia

pain

-(a)emia

related to the blood

-ia

condition

-ism

process

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist of

-logy

study of

-lysis

destruction, dissolution

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

degeneration

-pathy

diseased state

-rrhage or -rrhagia

excessive fluid loss

-rrh(o)ea

abnormal flow of bodily fluids

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

-sis

state of

-stenosis

abnormal narrowing

-uria

condition of urine

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-ectomy

surgical removal

-graphy

the process of recording a picture or data

-gram

the record or picture

-lysis

separation, breakdown, destruction

-plasty

surgical or plastic repair

-rrhaphy

suturing or stitching

-scopy

visual exam of body interior

-stomy

creation of an artificial opening

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

incision or opening