Medical Terminology - Suffixes

ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic - related to or pertaining to

-ate, -ize - subject to or use cidal/cide - kill or destroy

-ectomy - cutting out or surgical removal

-emesis - vomiting

-esis, -ia, -osis, -sis - state or condition of

-genic - produced by

-gram - written record

-graph - instrument used to record

-graphy - process of recording

-ism - condition

-itis - inflammation

-lysis - destruction, breakdown or separation

-malacia - softening

-megaly - enlargement

-meter - instrument used to measure

-ologist - one who studies, a specialist

-ology - the study of

-oma - tumor, swelling

-opsy - to view

-ostomy/stomy - artificial surgical opening

-otomy - process of incision or cutting into

-pathy - disease or abnormality

-phobia - morbid fear of or intolerance

-plasty - surgical reconstruction

-plegia - paralysis

-rrhea - flow or discharge

-sclerosis - hardening