Medical Terminology: Suffixes

vomiting

emesis

inflammation

itis

tumor

oma

study of

logy

surgical puncture

centesis

pain

dynia

disease

pathy

to break

clasis

binding/fixation

desis (bone/joint)

removal/excision

ectomy

separation/destruction/loosening

lysis

fixation (of organ)

pexy

surgical repair

plasty

suture

rrhaphy

forming an opening

stomy

instrument to cut

tome

incision

tomy

crushing

tripsy

record/writing (paper result)

gram

instrument to record

graph

process of recording

graphy

instrument for examining

scope

visual examination

scopy

pain

algia

hernia/swelling

cele

dilation, expansion

ectasis

vomiting

emesis

blood condition

emia

forming/producing/origin

gen/genesis

inflammation

itis

softening

malacia

enlargement

megaly

tumor

oma

abnormal condition/increase

osis

decrease/deficiency

penia

fear

phobia

paralysis

plegia

prolapse/downward displacement

ptosis

discharge/flow

rrhea

rupture

rrhexis

abnormal condition of hardening

sclerosis

involuntary movement/twitching

spasm

narrowing/stricture

stenosis

poison

toxic

pertaining to

ac

pertaining to

al

pertaining to

ar

pertaining to

ary

pertaining to

eal

pertaining to

ic

pertaining to

ior

pertaining to

ous

pertaining to

tic

condition

ia

condition

ism

medicine/treatment

iatry

medicine/treatment

ist

condition/process

y

small/minute

icle

small/minute

ole

small/minute

ule

add "e" at the end for the plural form

if it ends in "a"

change "ex/ix" to "ices"

if it ends in "ex/ix"

change "is" to "es"

if it ends in "is"

change "is" to "ides"

if it ends in "itis"

change "x" to "ges"

if it ends in "nx"

change "on" to "a"

if it ends in "on"

change "um" to "a"

if it ends in "um"

change "us" to "i"

if it ends in "us"

a (plural)

on (singular)

mata (plural)

ma (singular)

ses (plural)

sis (singular)

ges (plural)

nx (singular)

ae (plural)

a (singular)

i (plural)

us (singular)

a (plural)

um (singular)

es (plural)

is (singular)

ices (plural)

ex (singular)

ices (plural)

ix (singular)

aces (plural)

ax (singular)