MED SLP: Suffix

-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, - eal, -ia, -ic, -ous

-algia,-

-asthenia

weakness

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-desis

surgical fussion

-ectomy

surgical removal or excision

-iasis

condition

-itis

inflammation of

-lysis

seperation, loosening, or destruction

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

the act of measurement

-ologist

a person who studies

-ology

the study of

-oma

tumor

-orrhagia

rappidly flowing blood

-orrhapny

to suture or otherwise repair

-osis

an abnormality

-ostomy

an artifical opening

-otomy

an incision into