Suffixes

ac

pertaining to

al

pertaining to

algia

pain

ar; ary

pertaining to

cele

hernia

centesis

puncture

desis

binding

dynia

pain

eal

pertaining to

ectomy

removal

emia

blood condition

gram

written record

graph

instrument used to produce a record

graphy

writing procedure

ia

condition

iasis

presence of

iatrics; iatry

medical science

iatrist

specialist in medicine of

ic

pertaining to

icle

small

ism

condition

ist

specialist

itis

inflammation

ium

tissue, structure

logist

specialist in the study of

logy

study of

lysis

loosen or break down

malacia

abnormal softening

megaly

enlargement

meter

instrument used to measure

metry

process of measuring

oid

resembling

ole

small

oma

tumor

osis

condition

ous

pertaining to

pathy

disease

penia

deficiency

pexy

surgical fixation

plasty

reconstruction

ptosis

drooping

rrhage; rrhagia

excessive flow

rrhaphy

suture

rrhea

flow

rrhexis

rupture

scope

instrument used to look

scopy

process of looking

spasm

involuntary contraction

stomy

creation of an opening

tic

pertaining to

tomy

incision

ula

small

y

condition or process