| Question | Answer |
| -algia, -dynia | pain
(eg. cephalalgia -
pain in the head) |
| -genesis | origin or production
(eg. pathogenesis -
origin of disease) |
| -lysis | breaking down or
dissolution
(eg. hemolysis -
breakdown of blood) |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling
(eg. lipoid -
resembling fat) |
| -paenia | abnormal reducion
(eg. leukopaenia -
abnormal reduction of
white blood cells) |
| -rrhoea | discharge
(eg. rhinorrhoea - runny
discharge from nose) |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -coele | pouching or hernia
(eg. gastrocoele -
pouching of stomach) |
| -ectasis | expansion or dilation
(eg. angiectasis -
expansion of a blood vessel) |
| -emia | blood condition
(eg. hyperlipemia
blood condition of excessive fat) |
| -iasis | formation or
presence of
(eg. lithiasis
formation of stones) |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition or increase
(eg. sclerosis -
condition of hard) |
| -phil, -philia | attraction for
(eg. pneumophilia -
condition that has an
attraction for the lungs) |
| -ptosis | falling or downward
displacement
(eg. gastroptosis -
downward displacement
of the stomach) |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | to burst forth
(usually blood) |
| -rrhexis | rupture
(eg. hepatorrhexis -
rupture of the liver) |
| -centesis | puncture for aspiration |
| -desis | binding
(eg. arthrodesis - binding
together of a joint |
| -ectomy | excision or removal |
| -pexy | suspension or fixation
(eg. gastropexy - fixation of the
stomach to the abdominal wall) |
| -plasty | surgical repair or
reconstruction
(eg. rhinoplasty - surgical
repair of the nose) |
| -rrhaphy | suture
(osteorrhaphy -
suture of bone) |
| -tomy | incision |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -e | noun marker
eg. erythrocyte
(a red blood cell) |
| -ia, -ism | condition of
(eg. phobia - condition
of exaggerated fear) |
| -ium | structure or tissue
(eg. epigastrium -
structure upon the stomach) |
| -ation, -y | condition or process of
(eg. starvation -
process of starving) |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary,
-eal, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to
(eg. toxic - pertaining to poison)
(eg. pedal - pertaining to foot) |
| -icle, -ole, -ula, -ule | small
(eg. macula - small spot) |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iatrics, iatry | treatment
(eg. psychiatry -
treatment of the mind) |
| -logy | study of |
| -logist | one who specialises in
the study or treatment of |
| -ist | one who specialises in |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -poiesis | formation
(eg. hemopoiesis -
formation of blood) |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | examination |
| -stasis | stop or stand
(eg. hemostasis - stop blood)
(eg. orthostasis - stand straight) |
