NOUN SUFFIXES: meaning condition, treatment, or specialist

Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professionals 10/e

-esis : enur/esis

Condition of involuntary emission of urine; bedwetting

-ia : a/lopec/ia

Condition of loss of hair; baldness

-iatry : pod/iatry

Treatment of diseases and disorders of the foot

-ician : obstetr/ician

Physician who specializes in treating the female during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum

-ism : embol/ism

Condition in which a blood clot obstructs a blood vessel

-ist : cardi/o/log/ist

Physician who specializes in the study of the heart

-osis : hyper/hidr/osis

Condition of excessive sweating

-y : an/encephal/y

Congenital condition in which there is a lack of development of the brain

-icle : ventr/icle

Literally means little belly; a small cavity or chamber within a body or organ

-ole : bronchi/ole

One of the smaller subdivisions of the bronchial tubes

-ula : mac/ula

Small spot or discolored area of the skin

-ule : pust/ule

Small, elevated, circumscribed lesion of the skin that is filled with pus