suffix | definition |
ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ial, ic, ous | pertaing to |
agra | excessive pain |
algia | pain |
apheresis | removal |
ase | enzyme |
asthenia | weakness |
atresia | absence of a normal body opening; occlusion closure |
capnia | carbon dioxide |
cele | hernia; protrusion |
centesis | surgical punture to aspirate fluid |
cidal | killing |
clasia, clasis, clast | break |
clysis | irrigating; washing |
coccus (pl. cocci) | berry shaped (a form of bacterium) |
crine | separate; secrete |
crit | to separate |
cyte | cell |
desis | surgical fixation; fusion |
drome | run; running |
ectasis | stretching out; dilatation; expansion |
ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
ectopia | displacement |
emesis | vomiting |
emia | blood condition |
er, ician | one who |
esis, iasis | condition |
gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
genesis | origin; cause |
genic | producing; origibating; causing |
gram | record; x-ray film |
graph | instrument used to record |
graphy | process of recording; x-ray filming |
ia | condition of diseased or abnormal state |
iatry | physician; treatment |
ictal | seizure; attack |
ism | state of |
itis | inflammation |
lepsy | seizure |
lysis | loosening; dissolution; separating |
lytic | destroy; reduce |
malacia | softening |
mania | madness; insane desire |
megaly | enlargement |
meter | instrument used to measure |
metry | measurement |
morph | form; shape |
odia | smell |
odynia | pain |
oid | resembling |
ologist | one who studies & practices (specialist) |
ology | study of |
oma | tumor; swelling |
opia | vision (condition) |
opsy | to view |
oorhagia | rapid flow of blood |
orrhaphy | suturing; repairing |
orrhea | low; excessive discharge |
orrhexis | rupture |
osis | abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots) |
ostomy | creation of an artifical opening |
otomy | cut into or incision |
oxia | oxygen |
paresis | slighht paralysis |
pathy | disease |
penia | abnormal reduction in number |
pepsia | digestion |
pexy | surgical fixation; suspension |
phagia | eating; swallowing |
philia, phily | love |
phobia | abnormal fear o or aversion to specific objects or things |
phonia | sound or voice |
phoria | feeling |
physis | growth |
plasia | formation; development; a growth |
plasm | growth; substance; formation |
plasty | plastic or surgical repair |
plegia | paralysis |
pnea | breathing |
poiesis | formation |
porosis | passage |
prandial | meal |
praxia | in front of; before |
ptosis | dropping; sagging; prolapse |
ptysis | spitting |
salpinx | falloian tube |
sarcoma | malignant tumor |
schisis | split; fissure |
sclerosis | hardening |
scope | instrument used for visual examination |
scopy, scopic | visual examination |
sepsis | infection |
sis | state of |
spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
stasis | control; stop |
stalsis | contraction |
st | constriction; narrowing |
thorax | chest |
tocia | birth; labor |
tome | instrument used to cut |
tripsy | surgical crushing |
trophy | nourishment |
ule | little |
uria | urine; urination |