Suffixes ch. 1

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining To

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

producing, produced by/in

-globin

protein

-gram

to record

-ic, -ical

Pertaining to

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor, mass, swelling

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-pathy

disease condition

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of visually examining

-sis

state, condition

-tomy

process of cutting, incision

-y

process, condition