Common Medical Suffixes

Suffixes in Medical Terminology

-algia

pain or discomfort

-cele

hernia, protrusion

-cise

cut

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation

-gen

that which produces

-genesis

produces, generates

-genic

produces, produced by

-ia

state, condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ism

state of

-itis

infmammation

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-lysis

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement, large

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasia

development, growth

-plasim

formation, development

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

excessive, abnormal flow

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-therapy

treatement

-trophy

nourishment, development