Medical Suffixes
algia
pain
dys
Difficulty or abnormal
aden/o
Gland
rrhage
Excessive bleeding
ologist
Specialist in a field
ectomy
Surgical removal
hyper
Excessive or above normal
my/o
Muscle
rrhea
Discharge or flow
ology
study of
-itis
Inflammation
hypo
Below normal or deficient
oste/o
bone
otomy
Surgical incision
path/o
disease
osis
Abnormal condition
endo
Within or inner
crani/o
skull
stasis
Stopping or controlling
plas/o
Formation or development
rrhaphy
Surgical suturing
exo
Outside or outward
chondr/o
Cartilage
plasty
surgical repair
myel/o
Spinal cord or bone marrow