Question | Answer |
-a | a noun ending
ex. cyanoderma |
-emia | blood condition
ex. hyperglycemia |
-ia | condition
ex. paraplegia |
-iatry | medical treatment, medical profession
ex. podiatry |
-ion | action, process
ex. conduction |
-ism | condition
ex. hirsutism |
-ist | practitioner
ex. pharmacist |
-ole | small or little
ex. ateriole |
-osis | condition
ex. cyanosis |
-tion | process of
ex. relaxation |
-y | y is a noun ending
ex. myopathy |
-ac | pertaining to
ex. cardiac |
-al | pertaining to
ex. duodenal |
-ar | pertaining to
ex. ventricular |
-ary | pertaining to; relating to
ex. pulmonary |
-eal | pertaining to
ex. esophageal |
-ic | pertaining to
ex. thoracic |
-ical | pertaining to (combination of ic & al)
ex. neurological |
-oid | resembling
ex. mucoid |
-ous | pertaining to
ex. venous |
-tic | pertaining to
ex. cyanotic |
-ician | specialist in a field of study
ex. obstetrician |
-iatrics | relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment
ex. psychiatry |
-iatry | medical treatment, medical profession
ex. psychiatry |
-iatrist | one who treats; a physician
ex. psychiatrist |
-ian | specialist in a field of study
ex. geritrician |
-ist | practitioner
ex. pharmacist |
-logist | one who specializes in the study of
ex. biologist |
-logy | the study of
ex. biology |
-centesis | surgical puncture
ex. amniocentesis |
-clasis | crushing or breaking up
ex. osteoclasis |
-ectomy | surgical removal
ex. appendectomy |
-gram | record or picture
ex. electrocardigram |
-graph | an instrument used to record
ex. electrocardiograph |
-graphy | process of recording
ex. electrocardiography |
-lysis | destruction or detachment
ex. dialysis |
-meter | an instrument used to measure
ex. pelvimeter |
-metry | the process of measuring
ex. pelvimetry |
-pexy | surgical fixation
ex. colpopexy |
-plasty | surgical repair
ex. rhinoplasty |
-rrhapy | suturing
ex. nephrorrhaphy |
-scope | an instrument used to view
ex. ophthalmoscope |
-scopy | the process of viewing with a scope
ex. ophthalmoscopy |
-stomy | the surgical creation of an opening.
ex. colostomy |
-tomy | incision into
ex. phelbotomy |
-cyte | cell
ex. leukocyte |
-dynia | pain
ex. cephalodynia |
-ectasia | stretching or dilatation
ex. gastrectasia |
-genesis | generating; formation
ex. lithogenesis |
-genic | pertaining to, formation, producing
ex. lithogenic |
-gravida | pregnancy
ex. multigravida |
-iasis | presence of abnormal condition
ex. cholelithiasis |
-iatrician | one who treats; physician
ex. pediatrician |
-lepsy | seizure, attack
ex. narcolepsy |
-lith | stone
ex. rhinolith |
-lithiasis | presence or formation of stones
ex. cholethiasis |
-lytic | destruction
ex. keratolytic |
-mania | a mental disorder; a madness
ex. megalomania |
-megaly | enlargement
ex. cardiomegaly |
-oma | tumor
ex. lipoma |
-opia | visual condition
ex. myopia |
-pathy | disease
ex. adenopathy |
-penia | decrease in; deficiency
ex. leukocytopenia |
-philia | attracted to
ex. necrophilia |
-phobia | abnormal fear
ex. necrophobia |
-plasia | formation or development
ex. hyperplasia |
-plegia | paralysis
ex. hemiplehia |
-pnea | breathing
ex. dyspnea |
-ptosis | drooping or prolapse
ex. colpoptosis |
rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge
ex. gastrorrhagia |
-rrhea | discharge, flow
ex. rhinorrhea |
-rrhexis | rupture
ex. arteriorrhexis |
-stasis | stopping or controlling
ex. hemostasis |
-tripsy | intentional crushing
ex. lithotripsy |
-ula | small, little
ex. macula |
-uria | a characteristic of urine
ex. hematuria |