Medical terminology #3

-ac, -al, -ic

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ate

having, resembling, acting upon

-cele

protrusion, (hernia)

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cle, -clue, -ole, -ola, -ule, -ulum, -ulus

small, (diminutive)

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

cutting out

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-ent, -er, -ist, -or

person or agent

-esis, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y

state or condition

-form, -oid

resembling, shaped like

-genesis

development, origin

-gram, -graphy

recording, written record

-graph

instrument to record

-idle, -ile

capable, able

-itis

inflammation

-ize

use, subject to (makes a noun or adjective into a verb)

-logy

science, study of

-oma

tumor

-penia

deficiency, lack of

-pexy, -pexis

fixation

-phage, -phagy, -phagia

eating

-phobia

abnormal fear or intolerance

-plasia, -plastic, -plasty

forming, growing, changing

-pnea

breathing

-rrhaphy

suturing in place

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-scopy

act of examining

-stomy

surgical opening

-tome

instrument for cutting

-tomy

cutting, incision