MED TERM CH12: prefixes & suffixes

dys-

painful, difficult, labored

endo-

within, in

hemi-

half

sub-

under, below

-ac, -al, -eal, -ic

pertaining to

-cele

hernia, protrusion

-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

-ectomy

excision

-gram

record, radiographic image

-graph

instrument used to record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition of, diseased/abnormal state

-iasis

condition

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone

-logist

specialist who studies or treats

-logy

study of

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating or swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

prolapse, drooping

-rrhaphy

suturing, repairing

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-scope

instrument used for visualization

-scopy

process of viewing or visualization

-stomy

creation of an artificial opening

-tomy

incision, cut into