Question | Answer |
-algia, -dynia | pain
(eg. cephalalgia -
pain in the head) |
-genesis | origin or production
(eg. pathogenesis -
origin of disease) |
-lysis | breaking down or
dissolution
(eg. hemolysis -
breakdown of blood) |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling
(eg. lipoid -
resembling fat) |
-paenia | abnormal reducion
(eg. leukopaenia -
abnormal reduction of
white blood cells) |
-rrhoea | discharge
(eg. rhinorrhoea - runny
discharge from nose) |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-coele | pouching or hernia
(eg. gastrocoele -
pouching of stomach) |
-ectasis | expansion or dilation
(eg. angiectasis -
expansion of a blood vessel) |
-emia | blood condition
(eg. hyperlipemia
blood condition of excessive fat) |
-iasis | formation or
presence of
(eg. lithiasis
formation of stones) |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | softening |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition or increase
(eg. sclerosis -
condition of hard) |
-phil, -philia | attraction for
(eg. pneumophilia -
condition that has an
attraction for the lungs) |
-ptosis | falling or downward
displacement
(eg. gastroptosis -
downward displacement
of the stomach) |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | to burst forth
(usually blood) |
-rrhexis | rupture
(eg. hepatorrhexis -
rupture of the liver) |
-centesis | puncture for aspiration |
-desis | binding
(eg. arthrodesis - binding
together of a joint |
-ectomy | excision or removal |
-pexy | suspension or fixation
(eg. gastropexy - fixation of the
stomach to the abdominal wall) |
-plasty | surgical repair or
reconstruction
(eg. rhinoplasty - surgical
repair of the nose) |
-rrhaphy | suture
(osteorrhaphy -
suture of bone) |
-tomy | incision |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-tripsy | crushing |
-e | noun marker
eg. erythrocyte
(a red blood cell) |
-ia, -ism | condition of
(eg. phobia - condition
of exaggerated fear) |
-ium | structure or tissue
(eg. epigastrium -
structure upon the stomach) |
-ation, -y | condition or process of
(eg. starvation -
process of starving) |
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary,
-eal, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to
(eg. toxic - pertaining to poison)
(eg. pedal - pertaining to foot) |
-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule | small
(eg. macula - small spot) |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument |
-graphy | process of recording |
-iatrics, iatry | treatment
(eg. psychiatry -
treatment of the mind) |
-logy | study of |
-logist | one who specialises in
the study or treatment of |
-ist | one who specialises in |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | process of measuring |
-poiesis | formation
(eg. hemopoiesis -
formation of blood) |
-scope | instrument for examination |
-scopy | examination |
-stasis | stop or stand
(eg. hemostasis - stop blood)
(eg. orthostasis - stand straight) |