Suffixes

• What does the suffix -algia or -dynia indicate?

  Pain
• What does the suffix -emia refer to?

  Blood condition
• What does the suffix -ia indicate?

  Condition, disease, or process
• What does the suffix -itis signify?

  Inflammation
• What does the suffix -megaly mean?

  Enlargement
• What does the suffix -oma refer to?

  Tumor
• What does the suffix -osis indicate?

  Abnormal condition
• What does the suffix -penia signify?

  Deficiency
• What does the suffix -phobia mean?

  Fear
• What does the suffix -plegia indicate?

  Paralysis
• What does the suffix -paresis refer to?

  Weakness
• What does the suffix -rrhea signify?


  Discharge, flow
• What does the suffix -rrhexis indicate?

  Rupture
• What does the suffix -sclerosis mean?

  Hardening
• What does the suffix -spasm refer to?

  Sudden, involuntary contraction
• What does the suffix -stasis indicate?

  Stopping, controlling
• What does the suffix -stenosis mean?

  Narrowing
• What does the suffix -uria signify?

  Urine condition
• What does the suffix -centesis indicate?

  Surgical puncture to remove fluid
• What does the suffix -ectomy refer to?

  Surgical removal
• What does the suffix -graphy mean?

  Process of recording
• What does the suffix -gram indicate?

  Record or image
• What does the suffix -meter refer to?

  Instrument for measuring
• What does the suffix -metry signify?

  Process of measuring
• What does the suffix -opsy mean?

  To view
• What does the suffix -pexy indicate?

  Surgical fixation
• What does the suffix -plasty refer to?

  Surgical repair or reconstruction
• What does the suffix -rrhaphy mean?

  Suturing
• What does the suffix -scopy indicate?

  Visual examination
• What does the suffix -stomy refer to?

  Surgical opening
• What does the suffix -tomy mean?

  Incision, cutting into
• What does the suffix -tripsy indicate?

  Crushing
• What does the suffix -logist refer to?

  Specialist
• What does the suffix -logy mean?

  Study of
• What does the suffix -ist indicate?

  Specialist
• What does the suffix -blast refer to?

  Immature cell
• What does the suffix -cyte mean?

  Cell
• What does the suffix -clast indicate?

  Breaking cell
• What do the suffixes -gen, -genic, and -genesis refer to?

  Producing, origin, formation
• What does the suffix -plasm mean?

  Formation, substance