Section 1 Suffixes

-centesis

surgical removal of fluid

-desis

surgical binding

-clysis

irrigation

-ectomy

removal, excise

-gram

record, picture of

-graph

instrument used to record

-graphy

TO record/take picture

-meter

device used to measure

-opsy

visual examination

-ostomy

opening

-otomy

incision

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-scope

instrument to exam

-scopy

process to exam

-tome

instrument to cut

-tripsy

crushing

-ac, -al, -ar, -eal, -ous

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weakness

-blast, -blastic

bud, germ

-cele

hernia, swelling

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain, swelling

-ectasis

expansion, dilation

-emes/is

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-gen, -genic

producing

-genesis

development, formation

-gnosis

know

-ia, -iasis, -ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

-lum

structure of tissue

-lysis, -lytic

breaking down

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlarge, enlargement

-oid

resembling

-ologist

one who studies

-ology

study of

-oma

tumor

-opia

vision

-osis

abnormal condition of

-paresis

paralysis, weakness

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency, lack of

-phagia, -phagy

eating, swallowing

-phasia

speech

-plasia, -plastic

growth

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-poiesis

production

-ptosis

drooping, falling

-rrhage,-rrhagic

bleeding

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-stasis

level, unchanging

-trophy

growth, nourishment

-uria

in the urine

balan/o

pen15

encephal/o

brain

cyst/o

bladder, sac

enter/o

small intestines

later/o

side

mast/o

breast

my/o, myos/o

muscle

onc/o

tumor

orchid/o, orchid-

testis

myel/o

spinal cord/bone marrow

phleb/o, ven/o

vein

pyel/o

renal pelvis

sarco/o

flesh

salping/o

tube

scler/o

hardness, white of eye

sept/o, seps/o

infection

sten/o

narrowed, blocked

stomata/o

mouth

thrombi/o

blood clot

thyer/o

thyroid gland

varec/o

duct, blood vessel

vascul/o

small blood vessel

vas/o

vessel, duct