med terms ch2 (suffixes + suffix plural rules)

-centesis

surgical puncture

-clasis

to break, surgical fix

-cleisis

to close

-desis

binding, fixation of bone or joint

-ectomy

excision, removal

-lysis

separation, destruction, loosening

-pexy

fixation of an organ

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-stomy

forming an artificial opening

-tome

instrument to cut

-tomy

incision

-tripsy

crushing

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-scopy

visual examination

-algia, -dynia

pain

-cele

hernia, swelling

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-gen, -genesis

forming, producing, origin

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-osis, -iasis

abnormal condition, increase

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

prolapse, downward, displacement

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening

-spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-toxic

poison

-meter

instrument for measuring-

-metry

act of measuring-

-edema

swelling

-lith

stone

-phagia

to eat, swallow-

-phasia

speech

-plasia, -plasm

formation, growth

-phonia

voice

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth of liquid

-trophy

nourishment, development

-scope

instrument used for examining

-stasis

no movement, standing still

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary

pertaining to

-ic, -ical, -ile, -ior

pertaining to

-eal, -ory, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-ia, -ism, -esis

condition

-iatry, -ist

medicine, treatment

-y

condition, process

-ican, -logist

specialist

-logy, -oid

resembling

-icle, -ole, -ule

small, minute

-a rule (pleura)

retain a, add e (pleurae)

-ax rule

drop x, add ces

-en rule

drop en, add ina

-is rule

drop is, add es

-ix rule

drop ix, add ices

-ex rule

drop ex, add ices

-ma rule

retain ma, add ta

-on rule

drop on, add a

-um rule

drop um, add a

-us rule

drop us, add i

-y rule

drop y, add ies