medical terminology - suffixes

-algia

pain

-asthen

weakness

-cele

hernia/swelling

-centesis

surgical puncture

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

to cut out/remove

-emia

condition of the blood

-genic

producing/causing

-gram

record

-graph

instrument to create or record

-ia/y

condition of/process

-itis

inflammation of

-lysis

destruction/separation

-megaly

enlargement

-ology

the study of

-oma

swelling/tumor

-osis

disease process

-ostomy

to create a surgical opening

-otomy

surgical incision

-pathy

disease

-phagia

eating/swallowing

-phasia

speech

-phobia

fear

-plasty

surgical repair

-pnea

breathing

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhaphy

suture/repair

-rrhea

flow/discharge

-scope

instrument for exam

-scopy

view with instrument

-sis

action/condition/process