Suffixes

-algia, -dynia

pain

-cele

hernia (bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong)

-emia

blood condition

-iasis

presence of

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

loosen, breakdown

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-ois

condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage, -rrhagia

excessive flow

-rrhea

flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-centesis

puncture

-gram

written record

-graph

instrument used to produce a record

-graphy

writing procedure

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument used to look

-scopy

process of looking

-desis

binding, fixation

-ectomy

removal

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

reconstruction

-rrhaphy

suture

-stomy

creating of an opening

-tomy

incision