-a

no meaning

-ac

pertaining to

-ad

toward

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-amnios

amnion, amniotic fluid

-apheresis

removal

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-asthenia

weakness

-atresia

absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure

-cele

hernia or protrusion

-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

-clasia

break

-clasis

break

-clast

break

-coccus (pl. -cocci)

berry-shaped (form of bacterium)

-crit

to separate

-cyesis

pregnancy

-cyte

cell

-desis

surgical fixation, fusion

-drome

run, running

-e

noun suffix, no meaning

-eal

pertaining to

-ectasis

stretching out, dilatation, expansion

-ectomy

excision or surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-esis

condition

-gen

substance or agent that produces or causes

-genesis

origin, cause

-genic

producing, originating, causing

-gram

record, x-ray image

-graph

instrument used to record

-graphy

process of recording, x-ray imaging

-ia

diseased or abnormal state, condition of

-ial

pertaining to

-iasis

condition

-iatrist

specialist, physician

-iatry

treatment, specialty

-ic

pertaining to

-ictal

seizure, attack

-ior

pertaining to

-is

noun suffix, no meaning

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logist

one who studies and treats

-logy

study of

-lysis

loosening, dissolution, separating

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

measurement

-odynia

pain

-oid

resembling

-oma

turmor, swelling

-opia

vision (condition)

-opsy

view of, viewing

-osis

abnormal condition

-ous

pertaining to

-oxia

oxygen

-paresis

slight paralysis

-partum

childbirth, labour

-pathy

disease

-penia

abnormal reduction in number

-pepsia

digestion

-pexy

surgical fixation, suspension

-phagia

eating or swallowing

-phobia

abnormal fear of or aversion to specific things.

-phonia

sound or voice

-physis

growth

-plasia

condition of formation, development, growth

-plasm

growth, substance, formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-poiesis

formation

-ptosis

drooping, sagging, prolapse

-rrhagia

rapid flow of blood

-rrhaphy

suturing, repairing

-rrhea

flow, excessive discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-salpinx

fallopian tube

-sarcoma

malignant tumor

-schisis

split, fissure

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument used for visual examination

-scopic

pertaining to visual examination

-scopy

visual examination

-sis

state of

-spasm

sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

-stasis

control, stop, standing

-stenosis

constriction or narrowing

-stomy

creation of an artificial opening

-thorax

chest

-tocia

birth, labour

-tome

instrument used to cut

-tomy

cut into or incision

-tripsy

surgical crushing

-trophy

nourishment, development

-um

noun suffix, no meaning

-uria

urine, urination

-us

noun suffix, no meaning