medical terminology — suffixes

-ac

pertaining to

-blast, -blasto, -blastic

bud; germ

-cyte, -cytic

cell

-dynia

pain; swelling

-eal, -ial

pertaining to

-ectasis

expansion; dilation

-emia

blood condition

-ia

condition

-iasis

condition; formation of

-ism

condition

-ites, -itis

inflammation

-ity

pertaining to

-ium

structure; issue

-lysis, -lytic

break down; destruction; dissolving

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition; usually abnormal

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency; lack of

-phagia, -phagy

eating; swallowing

-phasia

speech

-plasia, -plastic

growth

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-poiesis

production

-ptosis

falling; drooping

-rrhage, -rrhagic

bleed

-rrhea

flow; discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-sis

condition

-stasis

level; unchanging

-trophy

growth

-uria

in the urine

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-desis

surgical binding

-ectomy

cut out; removal

-gram

record; picture

-graph

instrument used to create a record or picture

-graphy

to record or take a picture

-meter

device used for measuring

-opsy

visual examination

-ostomy

opening

-otomy

incision

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical reconstruction

-scope

for examining

-scopy

examine