Medical Terminology: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words for Disease and Procedures

-algia

pain

-cele

protrusion

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation

-gen

that which produces

-genic

producing

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlarged

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

view of

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasm

formation

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

abnormal flow

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-rrhea

discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-therapy

treatment

-trophy

development

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-tome

instrument to cut

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopic

pertaining to visually examining

-scopy

process of visually examining