Complex Suffixes (symptoms, diseases, and conditions)

Chapter 1

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-cele

hernia (abnormal bulging of tissue)

-emia

blood condition

-iasis

presence of

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

loosen, break down

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

excessive flow

-rrhagia

excessive flow

-rrhea

flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

involuntary contraction