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Medical Terminology
Suffixes
| Meaning | Terminology |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to (cardiac) |
| -al | pertaining to (neural) |
| -algia | pain (arthralgia) |
| -cyte | cell (erythrocyte) |
| -ectomy | excision, removal (nephrectomy) |
| -emia | blood condition (leukemia) |
| -genic | pertaining to, producing (carcinogenic) |
| -globin | protein (hemoglobin) |
| -gram | record (electroencephalogram) |
| -ic,-ical | pertaining to (gastric, neurologic) |
| -ion | process (excision) |
| -ist | specialist (Opthomologist) |
| -itis | inflammation (cystitis) |
| -logy | process of study (endocrinology) |
| -osis | tumor, mass, swelling (hepatoma) |
| -oma | process of viewing (biopsy) |
| -opsy | disease condition (enteropathy) |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease condition (enteropathy) |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining (endoscopy) |
| -sis | state of, condition (prognosis) |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision (osteotomy) |
| -y | process, condition (gastroenterology) |
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