nursing suffixes

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weak

-capnia

carbon dioxide (smoke)

-centesis

puncture

-crit

separate

-cyte

cell

-drome

running together

-dynia, -odynia

pain

-ectasis

to stretch out

-ectomy

to excise

-emesis

to vomit

-emia

blood

-genic, -gen

generation, production

-genesis

reproduction, generation

-gram, -graphy

to write, something written

-ites, -itis

inflammation

-ity

of the nature of

-lepsy

to seize

-lysis

disintegration, reduction

-malacia

softening

-megaly

great, large

-meter, -metry

to measure

-morph

to change

-ole, -ola

small or little example

-ologist

one who studies

-oma

tumor

-orrhaphy

seam, ridge

-orrhea

flow or discharge

-ostomy

a created outlet

-oxia

oxygen in inspired air

-paresis

partial paralysis

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia, -phagy

to swallow

-phobia

fear, aversion

-phoria

emotional state

-plasia

growth, proliferation

-plasty

forming by surgery

-pnea

breathing

-prandial

relation to a meal

-ptysis

spitting

-rrage

profuse fluid discharge

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-sarcoma

tumor

-sclerosis

to harden

-sepsis

putrefaction

-spasm

convulsion

-stalsis

contraction of gut

-stenosis

narrow, constricted

-tomy

surgical incision

-tripsy

to crush, pulversize

-ule

small one

-uria

in the urine