Chapter 8: Digestive System Suffixes

-al

Pertaining to

-ar

Pertaining to

-ary

Pertaining to

-ation

State or action, the process of, action

-cele

A hernia

-eal

Pertaining to

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-emesis

Vomiting

-emesis

Vomiting

-graphy

Producing a picture or record

-ia

Condition

-iasis

A condition with a specific cause

-iatrics

Field of medicine, healing

-ic

Pertaining to

-ion

Action

-ism

Condition, state of

-ist

Specialist

-itis

Inflammation

-lithiasis

The presence of stones

-megaly

Enlargement

-occult

Hidden

-ologist

Specialist

-osis

Abnormal condition or disease

-ostomy

Surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

-otomy

Cutting or a surgical incision

-paresis

Partial paralysis

-pepsia

Digest, digestion

-pexy

Surgical fixation

-plakia

Plaque

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhea

Flow or discharge of body fluids

-scopy

Visual Examination

-tic

Pertaining to

-um

Noun ending

-us

Singular noun ending