Suffixes

-ac, -al, -ar, - ary, -eal, -ic, -tic, -ous : pertaining to 

-ia, -ism : condition

-ium : tissue, structure

-y : condition, procedure

-icle, -ole, -ule, -ula : small

-iatrics, -iatry : medical science

-iatrist : specialist in medicine of

-ist : specialist

-logist : specialist in the study of

-logy : study of

-algia, -dynia : pain

-cele : hernia (bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong)

-emia : blood condition

-iasis :presence of
-itis : inflammation

-lysis : loosen, breakdown

-malacia : abnormal softening
-megaly : enlargement

-oid : resembling
-oma : tumor

-ois : condition
-pathy : disease

-penia : deficiency

-ptosis : drooping
-rrhage, -rrhagia : excessive flow

-rrhea : flow

-rrhexis: rupture

-spasm: involuntary contraction

Complex suffixes describe tests & treatments performed by health professionals.

Tests

-centesis: puncture

-gram: written record

-graph: instrument used to produce a record

-graphy: writing procedure

-meter: instrument used to measure

-metry: process of measuring

-scope: instrument used to look

-scopy: process of looking

Treatments

-desis: binding, fixation

-ectomy: removal

-pexy: surgical fixation

-plasty: reconstruction

-rrhaphy: suture

-stomy: creating of an opening

-tomy: incision