Medical Terminology - Suffixes
lepsy
seizure
let
small
ole
small
centesis
to puncture
graphy
to record
scope
tool used to view
ode
way/road/path
Cyte
Cell
Ia
Condition
Ity/ism
Condition
Penia
Deficiency
Pathy
Disease
Ent
End result
Rrhea
Flow/discharge
Plasia
Formation
Ant
Forming
Ose
Full of
Osa
Full of/like
Itis
Inflammation
Ive
Natural of/quality of
Or
Person doing
Ant/ory/Ic/al
Pertaining to
Ary, atory, ic, al, tic, ous, ive, ical, ior, ar, atic, ant, ate, ial, alis, is, etic, tous, ious, ine, aris, ile
Pertaining to
Ate/ant/atic/ar/ior/ical/tic/atory/ous
Pertaining to
Action
Process
Ation
Process
Ery
Process
Genesis
Producing/creating
Centesis
Puncture
Gram
Record
Oid
Resemble
Oid
Resembling
Dermat
Skin
Elle
Small
Lum
Small structure
Lyte
Soluble
Plasm
Something formed
Ist
Specialist
Ist/logist
Specialist
Tomy
Surgical incision
Ectomy
Surgical removal
Plasty
Surgical repair
Graph
The record
Um
Tissue
Graphy
To record
Stasis
To stand still/stagnate
Opsy
To view
Scopy
To view
Scopy
To view/examine
Scope
Tool used to view
Iatry
Treatment
Iatrist
Treatment specialist
Oma
Tumor/mass
emia
a blood condition
graph
a record
iasis
abnormal condition
ize
action/affect in a specific way
ator
agent/ instrument/ person or thing that does something
phil/philia
attraction
able
capable
esis
condition
ism
condition/process
ency
condition/quality of/state of
genic
creation/producing
lysis
destruction
megaly
enlargement
ase
enzyme
ence
forming/quality of/state of
blast
germ cell/ immature cell
id
having a particular quality
ory
having the function of
ics
knowledge
ule
little/small
imus
most
stomy
new opening
in
not/into/in
eon
one who does
algia
pain/painful condition
istic
pertain
alis
pertaining to
ade
process
ery
process of
ization
process of inserting or creating
ergy
process of working
ema
quality of/ quantity of
Osis
Abnormal condition
Sis
Abnormal condition
Malacia
Abnormal softness
Ion
Action
Ment
Action/state
Desis
Binding together of bone or joint
Gen
Birth
Some
Body