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Medical suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -agogue | promoter, simulator |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algesia | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -blast | immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell |
| -capnia | (level of) carbon dioxide |
| -cele | hernia, localized dilation |
| -centesis | puncture, tap |
| -clasis | breaking |
| -clasia | breaking |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | binding, fusion |
| -dilation | expansion, widening |
| -dilatation | expansion, widening |
| -ectasia | dilation, dilatation, distention |
| -ectasis | dilation, dilatation, distention |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| -edema | swelling, accumulation of fluid |
| -emia | condition of blood |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -esthesi/o | sensation |
| -form | like, resembling |
| -gen | origin, formation |
| -genesis | origin, formation |
| -geusia | sense of taste |
| -gram | record of data |
| -graph | instrument for recording data |
| -graphy | act of recording data |
| -hemi | half, one side |
| -hemia | condition of blood |
| -ia | condition of |
| -ian | specialist |
| -ia/sis | condition of |
| -iatrics | medical specialty |
| -iatry | medical specialty |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ics | medical specialty |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lalia | speech, babble |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lexia | reading |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation, loosening, dissolving, distruction |
| -lytic | dissolving, reducing, loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | excited state, obsession |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | measurement of |
| -mimetic | mimicking, simulating |
| -necrosis | death of tissue |
| -odynia | pain |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | condition of the eye, vision |
| -opsia | condition of vision |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| -ose | sugar |
| -o/sis | condition of |
| -osmia | sense of smell |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -oxia | (level of) oxygen |
| -paresis | partial paralysis, weakness |
| -patny | disease, any disease of |
| -penia | decrease in, deficiency of |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phasia | speech |
| -philic | attracting, absorbing |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phonia | voice |
| -plasia | formation, molding, development |
| -plasty | plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -ptosis | dropping, downward displacement, prolapse |
| -rhage | bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage |
| -rhagia | bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage |
| -rhaphy | surgical repair, suture |
| -rhea | flow, discharge |
| -rhexis | rupture |
| -schisis | fissure, splitting |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for viewing or examining |
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