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suffix Medical Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| centesis | puncture |
| gram | written record |
| graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| graphy | written procedure |
| meter | instrument used to measure |
| metry | process of measuring |
| scope | instrument used to look |
| scopy | process of looking |
| algia | pain |
| cele | hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn't belong) |
| emia | blood condition |
| iasis | presence of |
| itis | inflammation |
| lysis | loosen, break down |
| malacia | abnormal softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oid/oyd | resembling |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | condition |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | deficiency |
| ptosis | drooping |
| rrhage | excessive flow |
| rrhea | flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |