Pathology Suffixes

-Algia, -dynia

pain (2)

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

Swelling, hernia

-continence

to hold back

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-esthesia

feeling, sensation

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something else)

-itis

inflammation of

-ism

condition

-lepsy

seizure

-lith

stone, calculus

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (blood cells)

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement

-rrhage, -rrhegia

Bursting of (2)

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-sis

state of, condition

-stasis

standing still

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-taxia

order, coordination

-toxic

poison

-trophy

nourishment, development

-tropia

turning