-algia" as in arthralgia or "-dynia" as in arthrodynia
~pain
~ joint pain
-itis" as in hepatitis
~inflammation
~ inflammation of the liver
-malacia" as in osteomalacia
~abnormal softening
~ abnormal softening of bone
-megaly" as in cardiomegaly
~enlargement
~enlargement of the heart
-osis" as in cardiosis
~abnormal condition
~abnormal condition of the heart
-pathy" as in enteropathy
~disease
~disease of the small intestine
-sclerosis" as in arteriosclerosis
~abnormal hardening
~abnormal hardening of the heart
-um" as in paricardium
~structure
~the structure of the heart
-centesis" as in cystocentesis
~surgically puncture to remove fluid or gas.
~a surgical puncture of the urinary bladder with a needle to remove fluid (urine)
-gram" as in electrocardiogram
~record of
~the electrocardiographic hard copy record
-graph" as in electrocardiograph
~instrument that records (or used as a record)
~the machine that records the electrical activity of the heart
-graphy" as in electrocardiography
~the procedure that records
~the procedure used to record the electrical activity of the heart
-lysis" as in urinlysis
~separation or breakdown
~separation of the urin into its constituents
-scope" as in endoscope
~instrument to visually examine
~instrument used to visually examine inside the body
-scopy" as in endoscopy
~procedure to visually examine
~the procedure of visually examining inside the body
-therapy" as in chemotherapy
~treatment
~treatment with chemical substances or drugs
-rrhagia" or "-rrhage" as in hemorrhage
~bursting forth
~bursting forth of blood from the vessels
rrhaphy" as in enterorrhaphy
~to suture
~suturing of the intestines
-rrhexis" as in myorrhexis
~rupture
~rupture of the muscle
-ectomy" as in mastectomy
surgical removal
surgical removal of the breast or mammary glands
-pexy" as in gastropexy
suture to stabilize
surgically stapling the stomach to the abdominal wall
-plasty" as in rhinoplasty
surgically repair
surgically repair of the nose
-stomy" as in colostomy
surgically created opening
surgically created opening between the colon and the body surface
-tomy" as in laparotomy
cutting into
incision into the abdomen
-ac"= cardiac
pertaining to heart
-al" as in renal
pertaining to kidney
-ic", as in enteric
pertaining to the intestines
-an" as in ovarian
pertaining to ovary
-ar" as in lumbar
pertaining to loin or lower back
-eal" as in laryngeal
pertaining to laryngeal
-ine" as in uterine
pertaining to uterus
-ous" as in cutaneous
pertaining to the skin
-tic" as in necrotic
pertaining to kidneys