suffixes

  • -ac: Pertaining to

  • -ad: Toward

  • -al: Pertaining to

  • -algia, -dynia: Pain

  • -ar: Pertaining to

  • -ary: Pertaining to

  • -cele: Protrusion

  • -centesis: Surgical withdrawal of fluid

  • -cide, -cidal: Kill, destroy

  • -coccus: Berry shaped

  • -cyte: Cell

  • -eal: Pertaining to

  • -ectomy: Surgical removal

  • -emia: Pertaining to blood

  • -esis: Condition

  • -gen: Substance that produces/causes

  • -genic: Produced by

  • -gram: Record of

  • -graph: Instrument used to record

  • -graphy: A process of recording

  • -ia: Condition of, diseased state, abnormal state

  • -ic, -ior: Pertaining to

  • -ism: State of, condition, theory

  • -itis: Inflammation

  • -logist: Specialist who studies and treats disorders

  • -logy: Study of

  • -lysis: Destruction, breakdown

  • -megaly: Enlargement

  • -meter: Instrument used to measure

  • -metry: Process of measuring

  • -oid: Resembling

  • -oma: Tumor

  • -opia: Vision condition

  • -opsy: To view

  • -osis: Abnormal condition

  • -ous: Pertaining to

  • -pathy: Disease, abnormality

  • -penia: Lack of, deficiency

  • -pexy: Surgical fixation, suspension

  • -phagia: Eating

  • -phobia: Intense fear of

  • -plasia: Formation, development

  • -plasm: Growth, substance, formation

  • -plasty: Surgical reconstruction

  • -plegia: Paralysis

  • -pnea: Breathing

  • -poiesis, -poietic: Production, manufacture of

  • -ptosis: Drooping

  • -rrhage: Excessive flow

  • –rrhagia: Excessive flow

  • -rrhaphy: Suturing in place, fixation

  • -rrhea: Flow, discharge

  • -rrhexis: Rupture or breaking away

  • -sclerosis: Hardening

  • -scope: Instrument used to visually examine

  • -scopic: Visual examination

  • -scopy: Process of visual examination

  • -spasm: Sudden, involuntary

  • -stasis: To stop

  • -stomy: Artificial surgical opening

  • -tome: Instrument used to cut

  • -tomy: Process of incision, cutting into

  • -tripsy: Crushing

  • -trophic, -trophy: Growth, development