suffixes

-cele

hernia

coccus (singular)

berry-shaped bacterium

cocci (plural)

berry-shaped bacteria

cyte

cell

dynia

pain

ectomy

excision, removal, resection

emia

blood condition

enesis

condition of producing, forming

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-itis

inflammation

Myel/o

spinal cord (in this term)

phlebitis

inflammation of veins

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor, mass, collection of fluid

Myel/o

bone marrow (in this term)

-opsy

to view

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

disease condition

-penia

deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

drooping, falling, prolapse

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-scopy

process of visual examination (with an endoscope)

-stasis

controlling, stopping

Meta-

beyond

-stomy

opening to form a mouth (stoma)

-tomy

incision, cutting into

-trophy

development, nourishment

-er

one who

technologist

assists in the making of diagnostic x-ray pictures

-ia

condition

-ist

specialist

-oid

resembling, derived from

-ole

little, small

-ule

little, small

-um, -ium

structure, tissue

-us

structure, substance

Eso-

within or inward

-y

condition, process

-ac, -iac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to tonsillar

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-genic

pertaining to producing, produced by or in

-ic, -ical

pertaining to

-ose

pertaining to, full of

-ous

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to