Health Careers Final Suffix terms practice

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-dynia

difficult/painful/bad

-algia

pain and suffering

iatric, iatry

medical, medical professional

-centesis

surgical puncture

-ectomy

surgical removal/excision

-ostomy

surgically created mouth/opening

-otomy

surgically cutting into

-megaly

enlargement

-ia

condition, abnormal state

-iasis

condition, pathological state

-oid

resembling form, shape

-ism

condition, theory

-osis

conditoin, status, process, abnormal image

-ive

pertaining to

-porosis

porous, with holes

-tome

instrument to cut

-clasis

to break

-malacia

softening

-ptosis

stage of prolapse, drooping, falling

-ecstasis

dilation, expansion

-phonia

voice

-pnea

breathing

-spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching

-scopy

visual examination

-edema

swelling

-emia

blood

-gram

a tracing, written record

-rrhexis

rupture

-stenosis

narrowing

-ptysis

spitting

-plasty

surgically forming

-rhythmia

rhythm

-rrhapy

suture

-graphy

process of writing/recording

-megaly

enlarged

-sclerosis

dryness, hardness

-stasis

standing still

-lysis

loosen, dissolve, reduction, relief from

-graph

instrument to draw/record

-plegia

paralysis, stroke

-asthenia

weakness, debility

-esthenia

sensation

-cele

swelling, hernia

-kinesia

movement

-oma

tumor

-lepsy

seizure

-paresis

partial paralysis

-phasia

speech

-trophy

nourishment

-al

pertaining to

-ac

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-ory

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-tous

pertaining to

-cusis

hearing

-opia

vision

-opsia

vision

-osmia

smell

-metry

measurement

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-pexy

surgical fixation

-continence

to hold back

-potence

power

-dipsia

thirst

-uria

urine

-para

bearing, offspring

-gravida

pregnant woman

-rrhagia

bursting forth

-rrhage

bursting forth

-ase

enzyme

-emesis

condition of vomiting

-lith

stone

-pepsia

digestion

-rexia

appetite

-scope

instrument to examine

-tripsy

process of crushing

-phagia

abnormal condition of eating/swallowing

-pexy

suspension, fixation