Common medical suffix

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-edema

swelling

-emia

blood; blood condition

-esthesia

feeling

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-ia, -ic

pretaining to a pathological state or condition

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

separation; destruction; loosening

-meter

instrument for measuring

-ology

study of, science

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-otomy

surgical incision

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope, -scopy

to view, process to viewing

-spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching

-statis

standing still, balance

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-stomy

to form an opening

-therapy

treatment, to treat

-tomy

incision

-uria

urine