Suffixes - Medical Terminology 1

-ac

pertaining to

-ole

small

-cele

hernia

-ptosis

drooping

-al

pertaining to

-ule

small

-emia

blood condition

-rrhage

excessive flow

-ar

pertaining to

-ula

small

-iasis

presence of

-rrhagia

excessive flow

-ary

pertaining to

-tomy

incision

-itis

inflammation

-rrhea

flow

-eal

pertaining to

-iatrics

medical science

-lysis

loosen, break down

-rrhexis

rupture

-ic

pertaining to

-iatry

medical science

-malacia

abnormal softening

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-tic

pertaining to

-iatrist

specialist in medicine of

-megaly

enlargement

-centesis

puncture

-ous

pertaining to

-ist

specialist

-oid

resembling

-gram

written record

-ia

condition

-logist

specialist in the study of

-oma

tumor

-graph

instrument to record

-ism

condition

-logy

study of

-osis

condition

-graphy

process of recording

-ium

tissue, structure

-algia

pain

-pathy

disease

-meter

instrument to measure

-y

condition, procedure

-dynia

pain

-penia

deficiency

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument to look

-desis

binding, fixation

-pexy

surgical fixation

-rrhaphy

suture

-scopy

process of looking

-ectomy

removal

-plasty

reconstruction

-stomy

creation of an opening