Common Suffixes
-algia
pain
-centesis
puncture to withdraw fluid
-gram
record or picture
-genic
producing, produced by
-logy
study of
-osis
abnormal condition
-rrhagia
abnormal flow condition
-cele
hernia, protrusion
-ectomy
surgical removal
-graph
-ia
state, condition
-lysis
destruction
-pathy
disease
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-cyte
cell
-ostomy
surgically create an opening
-graphy
process of recording
-iasis
abnormal condition
-lytic
destruction
-phobia
fear
-rrhexis
rupture
-dynia
pain
-otomy
cutting into
-meter
instrument for measuring
-iatry
medical treatment
-malacia
abnormal softening
-plasia
development, growth
-sclerosis
hardening
-ectasis
dilation
-pexy
-metry
process of measuring
-ism
state of
-megaly
enlargement, large
-plasm
formation, development
-stenosis
narrowing
-gen
that which produces
-plasty
surgical repair
-scope
instrument for viewing
-itis
inflammation
-oid
resembling
-ptosis
drooping
-therapy
treatment
-genesis
-rrhaphy
suture
-scopy
process of visually examining
-logist
one who studies
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
-rrhage
excessive, abnormal flow
-trophy
-ule
nourishment, development
small