suffixes 1
-ar,-ous
-ectomy
surgically removal or cut out
-centesis
surgical puncture
-plasty
surgical repair
-gram
picture or written recording
-ia
condition or disease state
-itis
inflammation
-sclerosis
hardening
-logist
specialist in the study of
-logy
science or study of
-megaly
abnormal enlargement
-stenosis
constriction, narrowing
-oma
bulging, swelling, tumor
-osis
condition or state, often abnormal
-pathy
disease, illness
-stole
contraction