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Suffixes used in medical terminology
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -al, -eal | pertaining to |
| -ose, -ous | pertaining to |
| -ac, -iac | pertaining to |
| -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gram | record |
| -ia | condition |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -y | condition or process |
| -um, -ium | tissue or structure |
| -coccus, -cocci | berry-shaped bacteria |
| -cyte | cell |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or in |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -poiesis | production, formation of |
| -ectasia | dilation, expansion of |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -tropic | changing |
| -cle | small |
| -ule | small |
| -olus | small |
| -ole | small |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ema | swelling |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -cele | hernia |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling, cessation of any process |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation, decomposing |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -malacia | softening |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -logy | study of |
| -er, -or | one who |
| -ist | specialist |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -tomy | incision, to cut into |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth |
| -ectomy | removal, excision, resection |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -globin | protein |
| -ion | process |
| -sis | state of |
| -blast | embyronic, immature |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -drome | to run |
| -fusion | coming together, to pour |
| -gen | producing, forming |
| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
| -meter | to measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -partum | birth, labor |
| -phoria | to bear, carry; feeling |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasm | development, formation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -chezia | defecation, elimination of wastes |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -prandial | meal (eg postprandial) |
| -ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilatation, dilation |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | to stop; control |
| -stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
| -tresia | opening |
| -sol | solution |
| -amine | nitrogen-containing compound |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -dote | what is given |
| -somes | bodies |
| -type | picture, classification |
| -ase | enzyme |
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