suffixes

-ac, -al, -ar, ary

-ac, -al, -ar, ary

pertaining to (adjectives)

-algia, -dynia

pain

-a, an

not, without

-cele

hernia, swelling

-centesis

surgical puncture

-crine

secrete

-cyte

cell

-desis

binding, fixation of (joint & bone)

-ectasia, -ectasis

dilation, expansion

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emesis

vomit

-emia

pertaining to blood

esis, y

condition (noun)

er

one who (noun)

-esthesis

sensation, feeling

-gen, genesis

forming, producing, origin

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for making records

-graphy

process of recording

-gravida

pregnancy

-iasis

abnormal condition(produced by something specific)

ia, -ism, sis

condition of (noun)

ic, ical, ile, ior

pertaining to (adjectives)

-ist, ician

specialist (noun)

ice

act of doing something (noun)

is

same, equal (noun)

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone, calculus

-logist

one who studies (noun)

-logy, log

study of

-lysis

separation, destruction, loosening,

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-oma

tumor

-opia

eye, vision

-ous, ory, tic, eal

pertaining to (adjective)

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-pathy

disease

-penia

lack of, deficiency

-pexy

fixation of an organ

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-phobia

fear

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-ptosis

drooping, displacement downward

-rrhage, rrhagia

bursting forth

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

visual examination

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction, twitching

-stenosis

narrowing, tightening

-therapy

treatment

-tome

instrument for cutting

-tomy

incision

-tripsy

crushing

-trophy

nourishment, development

icle, -ule, -ole, ula

small, little (diminutive)

-ur

pertaining to urine

rrhexis

rupture

gnosis

knowing

version

turning

iatry

medicine, treatment

angio

vessel

clasis

break, surgical fracture

rrhaphy

suture

stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

plasia, plasm

formation, growth

us

structure, thing (noun)

phasia

speech

sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening

toxic

poison

oid

resembling, derived from