Suffixes
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Suffixes
| Suffixes | Meaning | Examples |
| -ac | Pertaining to | Cardiac |
| -al | Pertaining to | Femoral |
| -algia | Pain | Arthralgia |
| -apheresis | Removal | Leukapheresis |
| -ar | Pertaining to | Malar |
| -ary | Pertaining to | Biliary |
| -ase | Enzyme | Alkaline phosphatase |
| -asthenia | Weakness | Myasthenia |
| -capnia | Carbon dioxide | Hypocpnia |
| -cele | Hernia; protrusion | Hydrocele |
| -centesis | Fluid | Amniocentesis |
| -cidal | Killing | Suicidal |
| -coccus (pl.cocci) | Bacterium | Pneumococcus |
| -crine | Separate; secrete | Endocrine |
| -crit | To separate | Hematocrit |
| -cyte | Cell | Leukocyte |
| -desis | Surgical fixation; fusion | Arthrodesis |
| -eal | Pertaining to | Calcaneal |
| -ectasis | Expansion | Bronchiectasis |
| -ectomy | Excision or surgical removal | Tonsillectomy |
| -emesis | Vomiting | Hematemesis |
| -emia | Blood condition | Anemia |
| -esis | Condition | Diaphoresis |
| -gen | Produces or causes | Antigen |
| -genesis | Origin; cause | Iatsrogenesis |
| -genic | Producing; originating; causing | Organogenic |
| -gram | Record; x-ray film | Echocardiogram |
| -graph | Instrument used to record | Radiograph |
| -graphy | Filming | Arteriography |
| -ia | Abnormal state | Hypoxia |
| -ial | Pertaining to | Arterial |
| -iasis | Condition | Psoriasis |
| -iatry | Physician; treatment | Psychiatry |
| -ic | Pertaining to | Apneic |
| -ician | One who | Physician |
| -ictal | Seizure; attack | Postictal |
| -ism | State of | Embolism |
| -itis | Inflammation | Colitis |
| -lepsy | Seizure | Epilepsy |
| -lytic | Destroy; reduce | Thrombolytic |
| -malacia | Softening | Chondromalacia |
| -mania | Madness; insane desire | Pyromania |
| -megaly | Enlargement | Hepatosplenomegaly |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure | Thermometer |
| -metry | Measurement | Oximetry |
| -morph | Form; shape | Polymorph (polymorphonuclear) |
| -dynia | Pain | Arthrodynia |
| -oid | Resembling | Hyoid |
| -logist | (specialist) | Hyoid |
| -logy | Study of | Oncology |
| -oma | Tumor; swelling | Hematoma |
| -rrhagia | Rapid flow of bolld | Menorrhagia |
| -opia | Vision (Condition) | Myopia |
| -ops | To view | Biopsy |
| -rrhaphy | Suturing; repairing | Herniorrhaphy |
| -rrhea | Flow; excessive discharge | Menorrhea |
| -rrhexis | Rupture | Capsulorrhexis |
| -osis | Increased when used with blood | Dermatosis |
| -ostomy | Creation of an artifical opening | Colostomy |
| -tomy | Cut into or incision | Craniotomy |
| -ous | Pertaining to | Parous |
| -oxia | Oxygen | Hypoxia |
| -paresis | Slight paqralysis | Hemiparesis |
| -pathy | Disease | Neuropathy |
| -penia | Abnormal reduction in number | Cytopenia |
| -pepsia | Digestion | Dyspepsia |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation; suspension | Urethropexy |
| -phagia | Eating;swallowing | Odynophagia |
| -phobia | Specific objects or things | Claustrophobia |
| -phonia | Sound or voice | Hyperphonia |
| -phoria | Feeling | Euphoria |
| -physis | Growth | Hypophysis |
| -plasia | Growth | Hyperplasia |
| -plasm | Growth; substance; formation | Cytoplasm |
| -plasty | Plastic or surgical repair | Arthroplasty |
| -plegia | Paralysis | paraplegia |
| -pnea | Breathing | Apnea |
| -poiesis | Formation | Hematopoiesis |
| -porosis | Passage | Osteoporosis |
| -prandial | Meal | Postprandial |
| -ptosis | Dropping; sagging; prolapse | Splanchnoptosis |
| -ptysis | Spitting | Hemoptysis |
| -salpinx | Fallopian tube | Hydrosalpinx |
| -sarcoma | Malignant tumor | Angiosarcoma |
| -sclerosis | Hardening | Atherosclerosis |
| -scope | Examination | Endoscope |
| -scopic | Visual examination | Arthroscopic |
| -scopy | Visual examination | Colonoscopy |
| -sepsis | Infection | Sepsis |
| -spasm | Contraction | Vasospasm |
| -stalsis | Contraction | Peristalsis |
| -stasis | Control; stop | Hemostasis |
| -stenosis | Constriction; narrowing | Stenosis |
| -thorax | Chest | Hemithorax |
| -tocia | Birth; labor | Dstocia |
| -tome | Instrument used to cut | Keratome |
| -tripsy | Surgical crushing | Lithotripsy |
| -trophy | Nourishment | Atrophy |
| -ule | Little | Pustule |
| -uria | Urine; urination | Pyuria |