Medical Terminology: Suffix Meanings

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-osis

condition: abnormal condition: process

-ia

condition; state; thing

-ation

a process; being or having

-gram

a record or picture

-ion

action; condition

-itis

inflammation of; infection of

-scope

instrument used to examine

-iatry

medical treatment

-ist

one who specializes in

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ine, -ive, -ous

pertaining to

-lysis

process of breaking down or destroying

-tomy

process of cutting or making an incision

-metry

process of measuring

-graphy

process of recording

-scopy

process of using an instrument to examine

-ism

process; disease from a specific cause

-ectomy

surgical excision

-stomy

surgically created opening

-logy

the study of

-therapy

treatment

-oma

tumor; mass

-pathy

disease; suffering

-megaly

enlargement


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