Suffixes
al
pertaining to
algia
painful condition, pain
ar
pertaining to
ary
pertaining to
blast
embryonic
cele
hernia, swelling, sac
centesis
puncture of a cavity
clasis
irrigation, washing
coccus
berry shaped
crit
to separate
cyte
cell
desis
fusing, binding, fixation
drome
to run
dynia
pain
ectasis
expansion, dilation
ectomy
excision, removal of a body part
emesis
vomiting
emia
blood
er
one who
gen
forming, producing, origin
genesis
forming, producing, origin
genic
formation, origin
grade
to go
gram
the record made, mark
graph
instrument for recording, machine
graphy
the process, process of recording
ia
condition
iasis
morbid condition
iatry
treatment, medicine
ic
pertaining to
icle
small, minute
ism
condition
ist
one who specializes in, specialist
itis
inflammation
lith
stone, calculus
logist
specialist in the study of
logy
process of studying
lysis
dissolution, setting free
malacia
softening, soft
megaly
enlargement
meter
instrument for measuring
metry
act of measuring
odynia
pain
oid
form,shap
ole
small, minute
ology
study or science of
oma
tumor
opsy
viewing of
or
one who
orrhea
flow, discharge
osis
condition, disease
ous
pertaining to
para
to bear (offspring)
paresis
partial paralysis
pathy
disease, suffering
penia
defiency, lack of, decrease
pexy
fixation
phagia
eating,swallowing
phasia
speech
philia
attraction for
phobia
fear of
physis
to grow
plasia
formation, growth
plasm
growth, formation
plasty
mold, shape, repair
plegia
paralysis
poiesis
formation, production
ptosis
downward replacement, falling
ptysis
spitting
rrhage
bursting forth
rrhagia
bursting forth
rrhaphy
suture
rrhea
flow, discharge
rrhexis
rupture
scope
instrument to visually examine
scopy
process of examining
visual examination
sis
state of, condition
spasm
involuntary spasm
stalsis
constriction
stasis
control, constant level, stop
stenosis
narrowing, stricture
stomy
creation of an opening
theraphy
treatment
tic
pertaining to
tome
instrument for cutting
tomy
process of cutting, incision
toxic
poison
tresia
opening
tripsy
surgical crushing
trophy
nourishment