Continional and Structural Suffixes

algia and dynia (ahl-je-ah and dihn-e-ah)

pain

arthralgia

Joint pain

arthrodynia

ia (e-ah)

state or condition

Hyperglycemia (condition of elevated amounts of blood glucose)

ion (shuhn)

action, process, state, or condition

Infarction (condition of blood flow obstruction)

itis (i-tihs)

inflammation

hepatitis (inflammation of the liver)

ive (ihv)

performs or tends toward

Congestive (tends toward accumulation of fluid)

Malacia (mah-lay-she-ah)

Abnormal softening

osteomalacia (abnormal softening of bone)

megaly (mehg-ah-le)

enlargement

Cardiomegaly (enlargement of the heart)

osis (o-sihs)

abnormal condition

cardiosis (an abnormal condition of the heart)

pathy (pahth-e)

disease

enteropathy (a disease of the small intestine)

sclerosis (skleh-ro-sihs)

abnormal hardening

Arteriosclerosis (abnormal hardening of the arteries)

um (uhm)

structure

pericardium (the structure surrounding the heart)

us (uhs)

thing

tarsus (the joint (“thing”) between the tibia and fibula and metatarsal bones)