Suffix

-Ectomy

excision/removal

-Centesis

surgical puncture

-Tripsy

crushing

-Lysis

separation/destruction/loosening

-Clasis

to break/surgical fracture

-Pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-Rrhaphy

suture

-Plasty

surgical repair

-Stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

-Desis

binding/fixation (of a bone or joint)

-Tome

instrument to cut

-Tomy

incision

-Scope

instrument for examining

-Scopy

visual examination

-Graph

instrument for recording

-Graphy

process of recording

-Meter

instrument for measuring

-Metry

act of measuring

-Gram

record/writing

-Algia

pain

-Dynia

pain

-Plasia

formation/growth

-Plasm

formation/growth

-Gen

forming/producing/origin

-Genesis

forming/producing/origin

-Rrhage

bursting forth (of)

-Rrhagia

bursing forth (of)

-Edema

swelling

-Cele

hernia/swelling

-Lith

stone/calculus

-Osis

abnormal condition, increase (used with blood cells)

-Spasm

involuntary contraction/twitching

-Stenosis

narrowing/stricture

-Rrhea

discharge/flow

-Pathy

disease

-Itis

inflammation

-Oma

tumor

-Rrhexis

rupture

-Plegia

paralysis

-Ectasis

dilation/expansion

-Emesis

vomiting

-Emia

blood condition

-Iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

-Malacia

softening

-Megaly

enlargement

-Phobia

fear

-Ptosis

prolapse/downward displacement

-Sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening

-Toxic

poison

-ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ior, ile, ous, tic

all mean pertaining to (adjective)

-esis, ia, ism

all mean condition (noun)

-ician, ist

all mean specialist

-iatry

medicine/treatment

-Y

condition/process

-icle, ole, ule

all mean small/minute

\-sis →?

ses

\-us →?

I

\-ity →?

ities

\-um →?

a