PHS - Medical Terminology- Suffixes

-itis

inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition (condition, state, process)

-tomy; -otomy

surgical incision, cutting into

-scope

instrument to view

-ectomy

surgical removal

-logy

study of, science of

-stomy; -ostomy

surgical/artificial opening

-oma

tumor, mass (a swelling)

-plegia

paralysis