Medical Terminology Prefix

End of word: indicates procedure, condition, disease, part of speech

-age

Related to

-cidal

Pertaining to killing

-cide

Pertaining to killing

-form

Shape

-fuge

Driving away

-iatry

Healing by a provider

-iatrist

Healing by a provider

-ical

Pertaining to

-ion

Process

-logy

Study of

-logist

One who studies

-ole

Little small

-opia

Vision

-phylaxis

Protection prevention

-pnea

Breathing

-therapy

Treatment

-uria

Urine

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-cise

Cut remove

-clasis

Break down

-desis

Stabilization binding

-ectomy

Removal excision

-gram

Record

-graph

Instrument for recording

-graphy

Process of recording

-ion

Process

-lepsy

Seizure convulsion

-lysis

Destruction separation

-meter

Device for measuring

-metry

Process of measuring

-pexy

Fixation placement

-plasty

Surgical repair

-scopy

Visual examination

-spasm

Involuntary twitch

-stasis

Stopping controlling

-stomy

New opening

-tomy

Incision

-tripsy

Crushing

-algia

Pain

-asthenia

Weakness

-cele

Swelling herniation

-dynia

Pain

-ectasis

Dilation expansion

-emesis

Vomiting

-emia

Blood condition

-gen

Producing

-ia

Condition of

-ism

Condition of

-iasis

Presence formation

-itis

Inflammation

-malacia

Softening weakening

-mania

Obsessive preoccupation

-megaly

Enlargement

-oid

Seeming like

-ole

Small

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Abnormal condition

-pathy

Disease disorder

-penia

Deficiency decrease

-phagia

Eating swallowing

-phasia

Speech

-phobia

Fear

-plasia

Formation development

-plegia

Paralysis

-ptosis

Drooping falling

-rrhage

Bursting forth

-rrhea

Flow discharge

-rrhexis

Rupture

-sclerosis

Hardening condition

-trophy

Growth development