Common Suffixes

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algesia

sensitivity to pain

-algia

pain

-ary or -ar

pertaining to

-centesis

surgical puncture

-cyte

cell

-dipsia

thirst

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-esis

condition of

-genesis

generating; formation

-globin

protein

-gram

record or picture

-graph

an instrument used to record

-graphy

process of recording

-iasis

presence of an abnormal condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-ile

pertaining to

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

-lepsy

seizure, attack

-logist

specialist in the

-logy

study of

-lysis

destruction or detachment

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease in deficiency

-phagia

to swallow, to eat

-phasia

speech

-plasia

formation or development

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-rrhagia

bursting forth of blood

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visual examination

-stasis

stopping or controlling

-stomy

the surgical creation of a new opening

-tomy

incision, cut into

-tripsy

crushing

-uria

a characteristic of urine