suffixes

-ac

Pertaining to

-ad

Toward

-al

Pertaining to

-algia, -dynia

Pain

-ar

Pertaining to

-ary

Pertaining to

-cele

Protrusion

-centesis

Surgical withdrawal of fluid

-cide, -cidal

Kill, destroy

-coccus

Berry shaped

-cyte

Cell

-eal

Pertaining to

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-emia

Pertaining to blood

-esis

Condition

-gen

Substance that produces/causes

-genic

Produced by

-gram

Record of

-graph

Instrument used to record

-graphy

A process of recording

-ia

Condition of, diseased state, abnormal state

-ic, -ior

Pertaining to

-ism

State of, condition, theory

-itis

Inflammation

-logist

Specialist who studies and treats disorders

-logy

Study of

-lysis

Destruction, breakdown

-megaly

Enlargement

-meter

Instrument used to measure

-metry

Process of measuring

-oid

Resembling

-oma

Tumor

-opia

Vision condition

-opsy

To view

-osis

Abnormal condition

-ous

Pertaining to

-pathy

Disease, abnormality

-penia

Lack of, deficiency

-pexy

Surgical fixation, suspension

-phagia

Eating

-phobia

Intense fear of

-plasia

Formation, development

-plasm

Growth, substance, formation

-plasty

Surgical reconstruction

-plegia

Paralysis

-pnea

Breathing

-poiesis, -poietic

Production, manufacture of

-ptosis

Drooping

-rrhage

Excessive flow

–rrhagia

Excessive flow

-rrhaphy

Suturing in place, fixation

-rrhea

Flow, discharge

-rrhexis

Rupture or breaking away

-sclerosis

Hardening

-scope

Instrument used to visually examine

-scopic

Visual examination

-scopy

Process of visual examination

-spasm

Sudden, involuntary

-stasis

To stop

-stomy

Artificial surgical opening

-tome

Instrument used to cut

-tomy

Process of incision, cutting into

-tripsy

Crushing

-trophic, -trophy

Growth, development