Module 1 - Suffixes related to Diseases and Abnormal Conditions

-algia

pain, painful condition

-cele

protrusion; swelling

-cide

to kill

-cyte

cell

-edema

puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid

-emesis

to vomit

-emia

blood condition

-itis

inflammation of

-lith

stones (an in kidney or gall stones)

-lysis

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement, large

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-phagia

swallowing

-phasia

speech; to speek

-phobia

fear of

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plegia

paralysis

-poiesis

formation

-ptosis

drooping

-ptysis

spitting up

-rrhage

bleeding, abnormal flow

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-stasis

stopping

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-trophy

development, nourishment