Suffix Handout

Suffix

Pertaining to

-ac

Pertaining to cardiac

-al

Pertaining to renal

-an

Pertaining to ovarian

-ar

Pertaining to lumbar

-ary

Pertaining to alimentary

-eal

Pertaining to laryngeal

-ic

Pertaining to enteric

-ine

Pertaining to uterine

-ous

Pertaining to cutaneous

-tic

Pertaining to nephrotic

Suffix

Surgical

-ectomy

Surgical removal, cutting out

-pexy

Suture to stabilize, fixation

-plasty

Surgical repair

-stomy

Surgically create an opening

-tomy

Cutting into (incision)

Suffix

Procedural

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-gram

Record of, recording

-graph

Instrument that records, or used as a record

-graphy

Procedure that records

-lysis

Separation or breakdown

-scope

Instrument to visually examine

-scopy

Procedure to visually examine

-therapy

Treatment

Suffix

Double RR

-rrhagia

Bursting forth

-rrhage

Bursting forth

-rrhaphy

Suturing in place

-rrhea

Flow or discharge

-rrhexis

Rupture

Suffix

Conditional & Structural

-algia

Pain

-dynia

Pain

-esis

State or condition

-ia

State or condition

-ism

State or condition

-osis

State or condition

-sis

State or condition

-tion

State or condition

-y

State or condition

-itis

Inflammation

-ive

Performs or tends toward

-malacia

Abnormal softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-pathy

Disease

-sclerosis

Abnormal hardening

-um

Structure

Suffix

Other

-cyte

Cell

-cle

Small

-cule

Small

-ole

Small

-ule

Small

-emesis

Vomit

-emia

Blood condition

-er

Person or agent

-ent

Person or agent

-ist

Person or agent

-or

Person or agent

-form

Resembling or shaped like

-oid

Resembling or shaped like

-genesis

Development, origin

-logy

Study of

-oma

Tumor

-penia

Deficient, lack of

-plasia

Forming, growing, changing

-phage

Eating

-phobia

Abnormal fear

-pnea

Breathing

-tome

Instrument for cutting