Common Suffixes
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- -cele
-
pouching or hernia
- -centesis
- puncture for aspiration
- -desis
- binding
- -e
-
noun marker
- -ectasis
-
expansion or dilation
- -ectomy
-
excision or removal
- -emia
-
blood condition
- -genesis
-
origin or production
- -gram
- record
- -graph
-
instrument for recording
- -graphy
-
process of recording
- -iasis
-
formation or presence of
- -ist
-
one who specializes in
- -itis
- inflammation
- -ium
-
structure or tissue
- -logist
- one who specializes in the study or treatment of
- -logy
-
study of
- -lysis
-
breaking down or dissolution
- -malacia
- softening
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -meter
-
instrument for measuring
- -metry
-
process of measuring
- -oid
- resembling
- -oma
- tumor
- -osis
-
condition or increase
- -penia
- abnormal reduction
- -pexy
-
suspension or fixation
- -plasty
-
surgical repair or reconstruction
- -poiesis
- formation
- -ptosis
- falling or downward displacement
- -rrhaphy
- suture
- -rrhea
- discharge
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -scope
- instrument for examination
- -scopy
- examination
- -spasm
-
involuntary contraction
- -stasis
-
stop or stand
- -stomy
-
creation of an opening
- -tomy
- incision
- -tripsy
- crushing
-
-ac -ic
-al -ous
-ar -tic
-
-
pertaining to
-
-algia
-dynia
- pain
-
-ation
-y
-
condition or process of
-
-ia
-ism
-
condition of
-
-iatrics
-iatry
- treatment
-
-icle
-ole
-ula
-ule
- small
-
-phil
-philia
-
attraction for
-
-rrhage
-rrhagia
-
to burst forth (usually blood)