High School Medical Terminology (Suffixes)

-ac

Pertaining to

-al

Pertaining to

-ar

Pertaining to

-ary

Pertaining to

-ous

Pertaining to

-tic

Pertaining to

-ation

A process; being or having

-algia

Pain

-ia

Condition, state, thing

-ion

Action; condition

-ism

Process; disease from a specific cause

-itis

Inflammation of

-megaly

Enlargement of

-oma

Tumor or mass

-osis

Condition; abnormal condition; process

-ostomy

Surgically forming an opening

-penia

Decrease or lack of

-pathy

Disease, suffering

-phobia

Unreasonable fear of

-plasty

Surgical repair

-ectomy

Surgical removal of, or excision

-graphy

Process of recording

-scopy

Process of using an instrument to examine

-iatry

Medical treatment

-ist

One who specializes

-ition

A skilled professional or expert

-logy

Study of