knowt logo

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

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

robot