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Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| itis | inflammation |
| emesis | vomiting |
| algia, dynia | pain |
| logy | study of |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| clasis | to break |
| desis | excision, removal |
| lysis | breaking down, dissolution |
| ectomy | |
| pexy | fixation |
| plasty | surgical repair or replacement |
| rrhapty | suture |
| stomy | new opening |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| tomy | incision |
| tripsy | crushing |
| gram | record |
| edema | swelling |
| graphy | recording process |
| metery | measuring process |
| scopy | examination |
| cele | punching or hernia |
| emia | blood condition |
| gen | forming, producing , origin |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease |
| phasia | swallowing |
| plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| rrhage | to burst forth |
| rrhea | discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| spasm | Involuntary contraction |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| toxic | poison |
| trophy | nutrition, growth |
| ac,al, tic, ary, ic,el | pertaining to |
| esis, ia, ism | condition of |
| iatry | treatment |
| ician. ist | specialist |
| ule, icle,ole | small |
| y | condition process of |