Medical Terminology
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| -centesis | surgical puncture | surgical
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| -classis | to break, surgical fracture | surgical
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| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) | surgical
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| -ectomy | excision, removal | surgical
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| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening | surgical
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| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) | surgical
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| -plasty | surgical repair | surgical
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| -rrhaphy | suture | surgical
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| -stomy | Forming an opening (mouth) | surgical
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| -tome | instrument to cut | surgical
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| -tomy | incision | surgical
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| -tripsy | crushing | surgical
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| -gram | record, writing | diagnostic
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| -graph | instrument for recording | diagnostic
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| -graphy | process of recording | diagnostic
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| -scope | instrument for examining | diagnostic
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| -scopy | visual examination | diagnostic
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| -algia | pain | pathological
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| -dynia | Pain | pathological
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| -cele | hernia, swelling | pathological
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| -ectasis | dilation, expansion | pathological
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| -emesis | vomiting | pathological
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| -emia | blood condition | pathological
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| -gen | forming, producing, origin | pathological
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| -genesis | Forming, Producing, Origin | pathological
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| -itis | inflammation | pathological
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| -malacia | softening | pathological
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| -megaly | enlargement | pathological
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| -oma | tumor | pathological
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| -osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) | pathological
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| -pathy | disease | pathological
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| -penia | decrease, deficiency | pathological
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| -phobia | fear | pathological
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| -plegia | paralysis | pathological
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| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement | pathological
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| -rrhea | discharge, flow | pathological
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| -rrhexis | rupture | pathological
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| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening | pathological
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching | pathological
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| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture | pathological
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| -toxic | poison | pathological
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| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ior, -ous, -tic | pertaining to | adjective and noun suffixes, grammatical
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| -ia, -ism | condition | adjective and noun suffixes, grammatical
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| -iatry, -ist | medicine, treatment | adjective and noun suffixes, grammatical
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| -y | condition, process | adjective and noun suffixes, grammatical
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| -icle, -ole, -ule | small, minute | adjective and noun suffixes, grammatical
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