Common Suffixes
-centesis: Surgical puncture into
-ectomy: Surgical removal of
-emia: Blood
-gram: A record of
-graph: To record with an instrument
-graphy: The act of recording using an instrument
-itis: Inflammation
-logy: The study of
-lysis: To break down
-megaly: Enlargement of
-osis: Condition
-pathy: Disease
-pexy: To suture to
-plasty: To surgically repair
-rrhage: To burst
-rrhea: To flow
-scope: Instrument used to view
-scopy: The act of using an instrument for viewing
-stomy: To create a new surgical opening
-therapy: Treatment
-tomy: To cut into surgically; to make an incision
-centesis: Surgical puncture into
-ectomy: Surgical removal of
-emia: Blood
-gram: A record of
-graph: To record with an instrument
-graphy: The act of recording using an instrument
-itis: Inflammation
-logy: The study of
-lysis: To break down
-megaly: Enlargement of
-osis: Condition
-pathy: Disease
-pexy: To suture to
-plasty: To surgically repair
-rrhage: To burst
-rrhea: To flow
-scope: Instrument used to view
-scopy: The act of using an instrument for viewing
-stomy: To create a new surgical opening
-therapy: Treatment
-tomy: To cut into surgically; to make an incision