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Chabner, Suffixes
The Language of Medicine 7th ed. Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to producing |
| -genic | produced by |
| -genic | produced in |
| -gram | record |
| -ic | pertaning to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | the study of |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state of |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -y | process, condition |
| -eal | pertaning to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
| -dynia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | condition (usually abnormal) |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | opening, to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, to cut into |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -um | structure, tissue, thing |
| -ium | structure, tissue, thing |
| -y | condition, process |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -drome | to run |
| -fusion | coming together; to pour |
| -gen | producing, forming |
| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, loosening |
| -meter | to measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -or | one who |
| -partum | birth, labor |
| -phoria | to bear, carry, feeling (mental state) |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasia | development, formation |
| -plasm | development, formation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | droop, sag, prolapses |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -stasis | stop, control; place |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -chezia | defectation, elimination of wastes |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -prandial | meal |
| -ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilation, dilatation |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | prolapse, fall, sag, droop |
| -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 |
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