Medical Suffixes
Parts of the Body
Medical Prefixes
Medical Specialties
Conditions and Procedures
100

-itis

Inflammation

100

aden/o

Gland

100
Hypo-

Below normal or deficient

100

path/o

Disease
100

-rrage

Excessive Bleeding

200

-algia

Pain

200
crani/o

Skull

200

Hyper-

Excessive or above normal

200

-ologist

Specialist in the field

200

-plasty

Surgical Repair

300

-ectomy

Surgical Removal

300
my/o

Muscle

300

Exo-

Outside or outward

300

-ology

Study of

300

-otomy 

Surgical Incision

400

-osis

Abnormal Condition

400

chondr/o

Cartilage

400

Endo-

Within or inner

400
plas/o

Formation or Development

400

-stasis

Stopping or Controlling

500

-rrhaphy

Surgical Suturing

500
oste/o

Bone

500

Dys-

Difficulty or abnormal

500
myel/o

Spinal Cord or Bone Marrow

500

-rrhea

Discharge or Flow