Medical Suffixes

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ine

pertaining to

-ive

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-ation

a process; being or having

-ion

action; condition

-ia

condition; state; thing

-ism

process; disease from a specific cause

-itis

inflammation of; infection of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor; mass

-osis

condition; abnormal condition; process

-pathy

disease

-ectomy

surgical removal

-gram

record or picture

-graphy

process of recording

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument used to examine

-scopy

process of using instrument to examine

-stomy

surgically created opening

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

process of cutting or making an incision

-iatry

medical treatment

-ics

knowledge; practice

-ist

one who specializes in

-logy

the study of