Module 1 - Suffixes

-algia

pain, painful condition

-cele

protrusion; swelling

-cyte

cell

-edema

puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid

-emesis

to vomit

-emia

blood condition

-itis

inflammation of

-lith

stones (an in kidney or gall stones)

-lysis

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement, large

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-phagia

swallowing

-phasia

speech; to speek

-phobia

fear of

-plasia

development; formation of cells

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

drooping

-ptysis

spitting up

-rrhage

bleeding, abnormal flow

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-stasis

stopping

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-trophy

development, nourishment

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-ostomy

create a new opening

-otomy

cutting into; an incision

-plasty

surgical repair

-tripsy

crushing (as in crushing a stone)

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of visually examining

-er; -ist; ian

one who is specialist in field

-ist

one who specializes in

-ian

specialist in a field of study

-ician

specialist

-logist

one who studies; specialist

-logy

study of