| Question | Answer |
| -a | a noun ending
ex. cyanoderma |
| -emia | blood condition
ex. hyperglycemia |
| -ia | condition
ex. paraplegia |
| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession
ex. podiatry |
| -ion | action, process
ex. conduction |
| -ism | condition
ex. hirsutism |
| -ist | practitioner
ex. pharmacist |
| -ole | small or little
ex. ateriole |
| -osis | condition
ex. cyanosis |
| -tion | process of
ex. relaxation |
| -y | y is a noun ending
ex. myopathy |
| -ac | pertaining to
ex. cardiac |
| -al | pertaining to
ex. duodenal |
| -ar | pertaining to
ex. ventricular |
| -ary | pertaining to; relating to
ex. pulmonary |
| -eal | pertaining to
ex. esophageal |
| -ic | pertaining to
ex. thoracic |
| -ical | pertaining to (combination of ic & al)
ex. neurological |
| -oid | resembling
ex. mucoid |
| -ous | pertaining to
ex. venous |
| -tic | pertaining to
ex. cyanotic |
| -ician | specialist in a field of study
ex. obstetrician |
| -iatrics | relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment
ex. psychiatry |
| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession
ex. psychiatry |
| -iatrist | one who treats; a physician
ex. psychiatrist |
| -ian | specialist in a field of study
ex. geritrician |
| -ist | practitioner
ex. pharmacist |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study of
ex. biologist |
| -logy | the study of
ex. biology |
| -centesis | surgical puncture
ex. amniocentesis |
| -clasis | crushing or breaking up
ex. osteoclasis |
| -ectomy | surgical removal
ex. appendectomy |
| -gram | record or picture
ex. electrocardigram |
| -graph | an instrument used to record
ex. electrocardiograph |
| -graphy | process of recording
ex. electrocardiography |
| -lysis | destruction or detachment
ex. dialysis |
| -meter | an instrument used to measure
ex. pelvimeter |
| -metry | the process of measuring
ex. pelvimetry |
| -pexy | surgical fixation
ex. colpopexy |
| -plasty | surgical repair
ex. rhinoplasty |
| -rrhapy | suturing
ex. nephrorrhaphy |
| -scope | an instrument used to view
ex. ophthalmoscope |
| -scopy | the process of viewing with a scope
ex. ophthalmoscopy |
| -stomy | the surgical creation of an opening.
ex. colostomy |
| -tomy | incision into
ex. phelbotomy |
| -cyte | cell
ex. leukocyte |
| -dynia | pain
ex. cephalodynia |
| -ectasia | stretching or dilatation
ex. gastrectasia |
| -genesis | generating; formation
ex. lithogenesis |
| -genic | pertaining to, formation, producing
ex. lithogenic |
| -gravida | pregnancy
ex. multigravida |
| -iasis | presence of abnormal condition
ex. cholelithiasis |
| -iatrician | one who treats; physician
ex. pediatrician |
| -lepsy | seizure, attack
ex. narcolepsy |
| -lith | stone
ex. rhinolith |
| -lithiasis | presence or formation of stones
ex. cholethiasis |
| -lytic | destruction
ex. keratolytic |
| -mania | a mental disorder; a madness
ex. megalomania |
| -megaly | enlargement
ex. cardiomegaly |
| -oma | tumor
ex. lipoma |
| -opia | visual condition
ex. myopia |
| -pathy | disease
ex. adenopathy |
| -penia | decrease in; deficiency
ex. leukocytopenia |
| -philia | attracted to
ex. necrophilia |
| -phobia | abnormal fear
ex. necrophobia |
| -plasia | formation or development
ex. hyperplasia |
| -plegia | paralysis
ex. hemiplehia |
| -pnea | breathing
ex. dyspnea |
| -ptosis | drooping or prolapse
ex. colpoptosis |
| rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge
ex. gastrorrhagia |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow
ex. rhinorrhea |
| -rrhexis | rupture
ex. arteriorrhexis |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling
ex. hemostasis |
| -tripsy | intentional crushing
ex. lithotripsy |
| -ula | small, little
ex. macula |
| -uria | a characteristic of urine
ex. hematuria |
