Med Terms Ch. 4 Compound Suffix Forms

-ectasia, -ectasis, -ectomy

dilation, enlargement, surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

-gen

substance that produces (something)

-genesis

formation, origin

-genic

causing, producing, caused

-genous

by, produced by or in

-gram

a record of the activity of an organ

-graph

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

-graphy

the recording of the activity of an organ

-lysis

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

-lytic

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

-pathy

disease

-ptosis

dropping, sagging, prolapse

-rrhagia

profuse discharge, hermorrhage

-rrhea

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

-rrhexis

bursting (of tissues), rupture

-scope

an instrument for examining

-scopy

examination

-tome

a surgical instrument for cutting

-tomy

surgical incision