Medical Terminology: Suffixes

CCMA

-age

Related to

-cide, -cidal

Pertaining to killing

-form

Shape

-fuge

Drive away

-iatry, -iatrist

Healing by provider or healer

-ical

Pertaining to

-ion

Process

-logy, -logist

study of, one who studies

-ole

Little, small

-opia

Vision

-phylaxis

prevention, protection

-pnea

Breathing

-therapy

Treatment

-uria

Urine

-centisis

Surgical Puncture

-cise

Cut, Remove

-clasis

Break down

-desis

Stabilization, binding

-ectomy

Removal, incision

-gram

Record

-graph

Instrument for recording

-graphy

Process of recording

-lepsy

Seizure, convulsion

-lysis

Destruction, separation

-meter

Device for measuring

-metry

Process of measuring

-pexy

fixation, put in place

-plasty

Surgical repair or reformation

-scopy

Visual examination

-spasm

Involuntary twitch

-stasis

Stopping or controlling

-stomy

New opening

-tomy

Incision

-tripsy

Crushing

-algia

Pain

-asthenia

Weakness

-cele

Swelling, herniation

-dynia

Pain

-ectasis

Dilation, expansion

-emisis

Vomitting

-emia

Blood condition

-gen

Producing

-ia, -ism

Condition of

-iasis

Condition of, formation of

-itis

Swelling

-malacia

Softening or weakening of

-mania

Excessive preoccupation

-megaly

Enlargement

-oid

Seeming like

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Abnormal condition

-pathy

Disease or disorder

-penia

Deficiency, decrease

-phagia

Eating, swallowing

-phasia

Speaking

-phobia

Fear

-plasia

Formation or development

-plegia

Paralysis

-ptosis

Drooping, falling

-rrhage

Bursting forth

-rrhea

Flow, discharge

-rrhexis

Rupture

-sclerosis

Hardening condition

-trophy

Growth or development