Medical Term Suffix

ac pertaining to al pertaining to ar pertaining to ary pertaining to eal pertaining to ial pertaining to ic pertaining to ous pertaining to agra excessive pain algia pain apheresis removal ase enzyme astenia weakness atresia absence of a normal body opening capnia carbon dioxide cele hernia; prostrusion centesis surgical puncture to aspirate fluid cidal killing clasia break clasis break clast break clysis irrigating; washing coccus (pl.cocci) berryshaped (a form of bacterium) crine separate; secrete crit to seperate cyte cell desis surgical fixation; fusion drome run; running ectasis stretching out; dilatation; expansion ectomy excision or surgical removal ectopia displacement emesis vomiting emia blood condition er one who esis condition iasis condition gen substance or agent that produces or causes genesis origin; cause genic producing; originating; causing gram record; x-ray film graph instrument used to record graphy process of recording; xray filming ia condition of diseases or abnormal state iatry physician; treatment ician one who ictal seizure; attack ism state of itis inflammation lepsy seizure lysis loosening; dissolution; separating lytic destroy; reduce malacia softening mania madness; insane desire megaly enlargement meter instrument used to measure metry measurement morph form; shape odia smell odynia pain oid resembling ologist one who studies and practices ology study of oma tumor; swelling opia vision (condition) opsy to view oorhagia rapid flow of blood orrhaphy suturing; repairing orrhea flow; excessive discharge orrhexis rupture osis abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots) ostomy creation of an artificial opening otomy cut into or incision oxia oxygen paresis slight paralysis pathy disease penia abnormal reduction in number pepsia digestion pexy surgical fixation; suspension phagia eating; swallowing philia love phily love phobia abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things phonia sound or voice phoria feeling physis growth plasia formation; development; a growth plasm growth; substance; formation plasty plastic or surgical repair plegia paralysis pnea breathing poiesis formation porosis passage prandial meal praxia in front of; before ptosis dropping; sagging; prolapse ptysis spitting salpinx fallopian tube sarcoma malignant tumor schisis split; fissure sclerosis hardening scope instrument used for visual examination scopy visual examination scopic visual examination sepsis infection sis state of spasm sudden involuntary muscle contraction stasis control; stop stalsis contraction stenosis constriction; narrowing throax chest tocia birth; labor tome instrument used to cut tripsy surgical crushing trophy nourishment ule little uria urine; urination