SUFFIXES THAT INDICATE DISEASES, DISORDERS, OR CONDITIONS

-cele

hernia

-constriction

narrowing

-cytosis

a condition of cells

-derma

skin

-edema

swelling

-emia

a condition of the blood

-gravida

pregnant woman

-ia, -ism

condition

-iasis

pathological condition or state

-itis

inflammation

-lepsy, -leptic

seizure

-lith

stone

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-necrosis

tissue death

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-oxia

oxygen

-paresis

slight or partial paralysis

-partum, -tocia

childbirth, labor

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-pepsia

digestion

-phonia

voice

-plasia, -plasm

formation, growth

-plastic

pertaining to formation or growth

-plegia

paralysis

-plegic

pertaining to paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-pneic

pertaining to breathing

-ptosis

drooping, prolapse

-salpinx

uterine (fallopian) tube

-sclerosis

hardening

-static

not in motion, at rest

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-thorax

chest

-trophy

nourishment, growth

-uria

urine