Suffixes CONDITIONS/SYMPTOMS

-cele

hernia

-cytosis

condition of cells

-ectasia. -ectasis

expansion, dilation

-edema

swelling

-ema

condition

-emesis

vomiting

-iasis

pathological condition or state/presence of

-ism

condition/disease

-itis

inflammation

-lepsy

seizures

-leptic

pertaining to seizures

-lithiasis

presence of stones

-mainia

obsession/madness

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor, neoplasm

-opia, -opsia

vision

-osis

condition/state/process

-paresis

slight paralysis, feelings of numbness and tingling

-pathy

abnormal condition, disease process

-penia

deficiency/small/fewer

-philia

attraction/affinity for

-phernia

of the mind

-phthisis

wasting away

-physis

growing

-plegia

paralysis

-plegic

pertaining to paralysis

-ptosis

falling down/drooping

-rrhea

to flow/discharge

-rragia

excessive bleeding

-rrhexis

rupture

-trophic

pertaining to nutrition

-trophy

nutrition