Suffixes

LOM

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-ac, -al, -ic, -ical, -eal, -iac, -ior, -ar, -ary, -ous, -tic,

Pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

process of study

-oma

tumor, mas, swelling, collection of fluid

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

condition usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with cells)

-pathy

disease condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visually examining with an endoscope

-sis

state of; condition

-tomy

process of cutting, incision, cutting into

-y

process, condition

-ose

pertaining to, full of

-ism

process, condition

-plasm

structure or formation

-somes

bodies

-type

picture, classification

-cele

hernia

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-coccus, (plural: cocci)

berry shaped bacterium (plural: berry shaped bacteria)

-dynia

pain

-genesis

condition of producing, forming

-lysis

break down, destruction, separation

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-penia

deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

falling, dropping, prolapse, drooping

-sclerosis

hardening

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-stomy

opening to form a new mouth (stoma)

-therapy

treatment

-trophy

development, nourishment

-er, -or

one who

-ole, - ule

small, little

-um, -ium

structure, tissue

-us

structure, substance

-blast

embryonic, immature

-crine

to secrete

-cyesis

pregnancy

-drome

to run

-fusion

coming together; to pour

-gen

that produces substance

-lapse

to slide, fall, sag

-meter

to measure

-mission

to send

-partum

birth, labor

-phoria

to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)

-physis

to grow

-pnea

breathing

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-ase

enzyme

-chezia

defecation, elimination of wastes

-iasis

abnormal condition

-prandial

meal

-ectasis, -ectasia

stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening

-emesis

vomiting

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth (of blood)

-rraphy

suture

-spasm

involuntary contraction of muscles

-stenosis

tightening, stricture, narrowing

-tresia

opening

-poietin

substance that forms

-tripsy

crushing

-uria

urination, urine condition

-algesia

excessive sensitivity to pain

-esthesia

feeling, nervous sensation

-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic

movement

-lepsy

seizure

-paresis

weakness

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)

-praxia

action

-sthenia

strength