diagnostic suffixes

-ALGIA

pain; as in neuralgia (nerve pain)

-DYNIA

pain; as in gastrodynia (pain in the stomach)

-EMIA

blood condition; as in leukemia (cancer of white blood cells)

-IA

condition, disease; as in polyuria (excessive urination)

-ITIS

inflammation; as in laryngitis (inflammation of the larynx)

-LEPSY

seizure or attack; as in epilepsy (disease marked by seizures)

-MALACIA

softening; as in chondromalacia (softening of the cartilage)

-MEGALY

enlargement; as in cardiomegaly (enlargement of the heart)

-OMA

tumor, mass; as in sarcoma (cancerous tumor of connective tissue)

-OSIS

abnormal condition; as in dermatomycosis (fungal skin infection)

-PATHY

disease; as in myopathy (disease of muscle tissue)

-PENIA

deficiency; as in leukopenia (deficient number of white blood cells)

-PLEGIA

paralysis; as in quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs)

-PNEA

breathing; as in apnea (temporary cessation of breathing)

-SCLEROSIS

hardening; as in arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)

-RRHAGE

bursting forth; as in hemorrhage (excessive bleeding)

-RRHEA

flow, discharge; as in menorrhea (normal menstrual flow)

-RRHEXIS

breaking open; as in cardiorrhexis (rupture of the heart)