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Common Suffixes
Medical Terminology Common Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -genesis | origin or production |
| -lysis | breaking down or dissolution |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -cele | pouching or hernia |
| -ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | formation or presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition or increase |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement |
| -rrhage | to burst forth (usually blood) |
| -rrhagia | to burst forth (usually blood) |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -centesis | puncture for aspiration |
| -desis | binding |
| -ectomy | excision (removal) |
| -pexy | suspension or fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -tomy | incision |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -ation | process |
| -e | general indicator that a word is a person, place, or thing |
| -ia | condition of |
| -ism | condition of |
| -y | condition or process of |
| -ium | structure or tissue |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| -ole | small |
| -ula | small |
| -ule | small |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iatrics | treatment |
| -iatry | treatment |
| -logy | study |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study or treatment of |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | process for examination |
| -stasis | stop or stand |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -mania | condition of abnormal impulse toward |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -pnea | breathing |
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