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