Med suffixes

-able/-ible*

capable of remarkable

-ac/-al/-an/-ar/-ary/-eal/-ic/-ive/-tic*

pertaining to fundal/pancreatic

-ase

enzyme amylase

-algia

pain myalgia

-cele

hernia (protrusion of organ through its containing wall) cystocele

centesis

procedure to aspirate fluid paracentesis

-ectasia/-ectasis

dilation telangiectasia

-ectomy

excision or removal appendectomy

-edema

swelling lymphedema

-emesis

vomiting hematemesis

-emia

blood anemia

-genic/-genesis*

beginning/producing osteogenic

-gram

record cholangiogram

-graph

instrument for recording polygraph

-graphy

process of recording echocardiography

-ia/-iasis

condition psoriasis

-ism

condition botulism

-ist

one who psychologist

-itis

inflammation pancreatitis

kinesia/-kinesis

movement/motion hypokinesis

-logist

specialist radiologist

-logy

study of pathology

-lysis

loosening/freeing/breaking apart/destroying adhesiolysis

-lytic*

pertaining to destruction hemolytic

malacia

softening chondromalacia

-mania

preoccupation pyromania

-megaly

enlargement cardiomegaly

-meter

instrument to measure glucometer

-metry

process of measuring geometry

oid

resembling adenoid

-oma

tumor lymphoma

-opia

vision diplopia

-ose

sugar glucose

-osis

condition* ptosis

-ous

pertaining to/ characterized by mucous

-pathy

disease or abnormality adenopathy

-penia

deficiency osteopenia

-pexy

surgical fixation cystopexy

-phagia/-gic/-gy

eating/swallowing dysphagia

phasia

speech dysphasia

-phobia

abnormal fear agoraphobia

-plasty

surgical repair arthroplasty

-plegia

paralysis paraplegia

-rrhage/-rrhagia

excessive flow or discharge hemorrhage

rrhaphy

suture herniorrhaphy

-rrhea

flow or discharge diarrhea

-rrhexis

rupture capsulorrhexis

-sclerosis

hardening atherosclerosis

-scopy

examination with an instrument colonoscopy

spasm

twitching bronchospasm

-stasis

stopping hemostasis

-stomy

forming of an opening tracheostomy

-tome

an instrument for cutting osteotome

-tomy

incision (cutting into) craniotomy

-tripsy

surgical crushing lithotripsy

-trophic*/-trophy

nutrition hypertrophy