ch 2 suffixes and combining forms

-er or -ist

one who

-iatrician

practitioner

-iatrics or -iatry

medical profession or treatment

-logist

one who studies; specialist

-logy

study or science of

-logic or -logical

pertaining to the study of

-ac, -al, -ic, -ical (= -ic + -al)

pertaining to

cardi/o

heart

crin/o

to secrete

dermat/o

skin

esthesi/o

sensation

gastr/o or enter/o

stomach

ger/a, ger/o, or geront/o

elderly

gynec/o

female

immun/o

immune

neur/o

nerve

obstetr/o

midwife

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

orth/o

straight

ped/o

child or foot

ot/o

ear

laryng/o

larynx or voicebox

path/o

disease

ne/o

new

nat/o

birth

psych/o

mind

radi/o

radiation

rheumat/o

rheumatism

rhin/o

nose

ur/o

urinary tract or urine

aden/o

gland

angi/o

vessel

append/o or appendic/o

appendix

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

cerebr/o or encephal/o

brain

chir/o

hand

col/o

colon or large intestine

cutane/o

skin

faci/o

face

hepat/o

liver

mamm/o or mast/o

breast

muscul/o or my/o

muscle

myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord

oste/o

bone

pulm/o, pulmon/o, or pneum/o

lung

tonsill/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

vas/o

vessel

-centesis

surgical puncture

-ectomy

surgical removal

-lysis

surgical removal of scar tissue

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-scopy

surgical examination

-stomy

surgical opening

-tome

a surgical tool for cutting

-tomy

surgical incision

-tripsy

surgical crushing

-algia or -dynia

pain

-cele

hernia

-ectasia or -ectasis

dilation or dilatation

-edema

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-ia or -iasis

condition

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone

-malacia

soft or softening

-mania

excessive preoccupation

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-phobia

fear

-ptosis

prolapse or sagging

-rrhage or -rrhagia

hemorrage

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

cramp or twitching

-stasis

stopping or controlling

-able or -ible

capable of

-an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ive, -tic, -ac, -al, -ic

pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-eum or -ium

membrain

-ia or -ism

condition or theory

-iac

one who suffers

-opia

vision

-ose

sugar

-ous

pertaining to or characterized

-y

state or condition

amyl/o

starch

glyc/o

sugar

hemat/o

blood

lact/o

milk

lip/o or adip/o

fat