-iatrics, -iatry
field of medicine
-iatrist, -ician, -ist
specialist
-ologist
specialist in the study of
-ology
study of
-centesis
surgical procedure
-cidal, -cide
destroying, killing
-desis
surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together
-dilation
widening, stretching, expanding
-ectomy
Excision, surgical removal
-graphy
process of recording
-metry
measurement
-plasty
surgical repair
-scopy
visual examination
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
cutting into, incision
-cusis
hearing
-algesia, -algia, -algesic
pain
-dipsia
thirst
-esthesia
sensation
-opsy, - opsis
vision, view of
-osmia
smell of
-phobia
fear
-phoria
feeling
-clasis, -clast
to break
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
-emesis
vomiting
-gen, -genesis
creating, producing
-kinesia, -kinesis
movement
-lysis
destruction
pause, stasis
cessation, stopping
-phage, -phagia
eating, swallowing
-phasia
speech
-rrhage
bursting fourth
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-spasm
sudden involuntary contractions (muscle, vein, neuron)
-uresis
urination
-cele
hernia
-constriction
narrowing
-cytosis
condition of cells
-derma
skin
-edema
swelling
-emia
condition of the blood
-gravida
pregnant woman
-ia, -ism
condition
-itis
inflammation
-lepsy, -leptic
seizure
-megaly
enlargement
-necrosis
tissue death
-oma
tumor
-oxia
oxygen
-partum
childbirth, labor
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency
-pepsia
digestion
-phonia
voice
-plasia, -plasm
formation, growth
-plegia
Paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-ptosis
drooping, prolapse
-sclerosis
hardening
-static
not in motion
-stenosis
narrowing
-thorax
chest
-trophy
nourishment, growth
-uria
urine
-graph
recording instrument
-meter
measuring instrument
-scope
viewing instrument