diagnostic suffixes
describe disease conditions or their symptoms
procedural suffixes
describe procedures used in patient care
-algia
pain
-emia
blood condition
-ia
condition
-itis
inflammation
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor, mass
-osis
condition, abnormal condition
-pathy
disease condition
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhage
excessive
-rrhagia
discharge of blood
-sclerosis
hardening
-uria
condition of urine
-al, -eal, -ar, -ary, -ic
pertaining to
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-ectomy
removal, resection, excision
-gram
record
-graphy
process of recording
-lysis
separation, breakdown, destruction
-plasty
surgical repair or surgical correction
-scopy
process of visual examination
-stomy
opening
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
incision, to cut into