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Section 2 - Suffixes
Common Medical Suffixes
| ac, al, ar, ary | pertaining to |
| agra | excessive pain |
| algia | pain |
| apheresis | removal |
| ase | enzyme |
| asthenia | weakness |
| atresia | absence of a normal body opening |
| capnia | carbon dioxide |
| cele | hernia, protrusion |
| centesis | surgical puncture, to aspirate fluid |
| cidal | killing |
| clasia | break |
| clasis | break |
| clast | break |
| clysis | irrigating, washing |
| coccus; (pl. cocci) | berryshaped |
| crine | separate; secrete |
| crit | to separate |
| cyte | cell |
| desis | fusion |
| drome | run; running |
| eal | pertaining to |
| ectasis | stretching out |
| ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
| ectopia | displacement |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| er | one who |
| esis | condition |
| ial | pertaining to |
| iasis | condition |
| ic | pertaining to |
| gen | an agent that causes |
| genesis | origin; cause |
| genic | originating |
| gram | record; x-ray film |
| graph | instrument used to record |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ia | condition of abnormal state |
| iatry | treatment |
| ician | one who |
| ictal | attack |
| ism | state of |
| itis | inflammation |
| lepsy | seizure |
| lysis | loosening; separating |
| lytic | reduce |
| malacia | softening |
| mania | insane desire |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | measurement |
| metry | measurement |
| morph | form |
| odia | smell |
| odynia | pain |
| oid | resembling |
| ologist | refers to study and practice |
| ology | study of |
| oma | tumor; swelling |
| opia | vision (condition) |
| opsy | to view |
| oorragia | rapid flow of blood |
| orrhaphy | suturing; repairing |
| orrhea | flow, excessive discharge |
| orrhexis | rupture |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| ostomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| otomy | cut into |
| ous | pertaining to |
| oxia | oxygen |
| paresis | slight paralysis |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | reduction in number that isn't expected |
| pepsia | digestion |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| phagia | swallowing |
| philia | love |
| phily | love |
| phobia | fear of certain objects or things |
| phonia | sound of voice |
| phoria | feeling |
| physis | growth |
| plasia | forming of a growth |
| plasm | substance formation |
| plasty | plastic or surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | formation |
| porosis | passage |
| prandial | meal |
| praxia | before |
| ptosis | sagging; prolapse |
| ptysis | splitting |
| salpinx | fallopian tube |
| sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| schisis | split |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scope | instrument 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 | narrowing |
| thorax | chest |
| tome | cutting instrument |
| tocia | birth; labor |
| tripsy | surgical crushing |
| trophy | nourishment |
| ule | little |
| uria | urine; urination |
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