Suffix
state or condition
-ia
surgical removal
-ectomy
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
-lysis
black, dark
melan/o
fungus
myc/o
pain, suffering
-algia
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
-pathy (sympathy)
inflammation
-itis
white
albin/o
head
cephal/o
-ology
rupture
-rrhexis
abnormal flow or discharge
-Rrhea - (diarrhea)
tissue
hist/o
flesh (connective tissue)
sarc/o
surgical creation of an opening
-ostomy
pertaining to
-ic
instrument for visual examination
-scope
neck, cervix
cervic/o
red
erythro/o
abnormal hardening
-sclerosis
surgical repair
abnormal hardening
-sclerosis
pus
py/o
blue
cyan/o