medical terminology suffixes

-age

Related to

-cidal, -cide

Pertaining to killing

-form

Shape

-fuge

Driving awat

-iatry, -iatrist

Healing by a provider or healer

-ical

Pertaining to

-ion

Process

-ole

Little, small

-opia

Vision

-phylaxis

Protection, prevention

-pnea

Breathing

-therapy

Treatment

-uria

Urine

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-cise

Cut remove

-clasis

Break down

-desis

stabilization, binding

-ectomy

Removal, excision

-gram

Record

-graph

Instrument for recording

-graphy

Process of recording

-lepsy

Seizure, convulsion

-lysis

Destruction, separation

-pexy

Fixation, to put in place

-plasty

Surgical repair, reformation

-scopy

Visual examination

-spasm

Involuntary twitch

-stasis

Stopping or controlling

-stomy

A new opening

-tomy

Incision

-tripsy

Crushing

-algia

Pain

-asthenia

Weakness

-cele

Swelling, herniation

-dynia

Pain

-Ectasis

Dilation, expansion

-emesis

Vomiting

-emia

Blood condition

-gen

Producing

-ia, -ism

Condition of

-iasis

Presence of, formation of

-I

Inflammation

-malacia

Weakening or softening of

-mania

Obsessive preoccupation

-megaly

Enlargement

-oid

Seeming like

-ole

Small

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

disorder, disease

-penia

Deficiency, decrease

-phagia

Eating, swallowing

-phasia

Speech

-plasia

Formation of

-plegia

Paralysis

-ptosis

Drooping, falling

-rrhage

Bursting forth

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

Rupture

-sclerosis

Hardening condition

-trophy

Development