Suffixes

• Specialist in the field of study

  -ian , -ist
• Medical specialty

  -iatrics , -iatry , -ics
• Study of

  -logy
• instrument for recording data

  -graph
• act of recording data

  -graphy
• a record of data

  -gram
• instrument for measuring

  -meter
• measurement of

  -metry
• instrument for visual examination

  -scope
• process of visually examining

  -scopy
• sensation

  -esthesia
• pain

  -algesia , -algia , -odynia
• sense of smell

  -osmia
• sense of taste

  -geusia
• condition of blood

  -emia , -hemia
• decrease in

  -penia
• formation, production

  -poiesis
• surgical puncture

  -centesis
• excision

  -ectomy
• surgical fixation

  -pexy
• surgical repair

  -plasty
• suture

  -rhaphy
• opening to the outside of the body or communication

  -stomy
• instrument to incise

  -tome
• incision

  -tomy
• crushing

  -tripsy
• dissolving, reducing

  -lytic
• simulating

  -mimetic
• acting on

  -tropic
• speech

  -phasia , lalia
• reading

  -lexia
• paralysis

  -plegia
• seizure

  -lepsy
• partial paralysis

  -paresis
• irrational fear

  -phobia
• excited state, obsession

  -mania
• vision

  -opsia , -opia
• breathing

  -pnea
• level of oxygen

  -oxia
• level of carbon dioxide

  -capnia