Chabner Med Term - Suffixes

-al, -ic, -ine, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-ation

process or condition

-cision

process of cutting

-crine

secretion

-dipsia

thirst

-emia

blood condition

-gen

to produce

-graphy

process of recording

-ia, -ism

condition

-lapse

fall or slide

-lysis

breakdown or seperation

-mission

to send

-mortem

death

-oma

tumor or mass

-partum

birth

-pathy

disease condition

-phagia

eating

-phasia

speech

-plasia or -plasm

formation (condition) or formation (tissue)

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-scopy

process of visual examination

-section

to cut

-stasis

to stand, stop, control

-tension

pressure

-thesis

to put, place

-trophy

nourishment or development

-um

structure

-uria

urine condition

-y

process or condition

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

cutting out

-emia

blood condition

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-osis

abnormal condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-sis

state of

-tomy

process of cuttin into