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Common Suffixes
Suffixes utilized by medical personnel in the hospital and field setting.
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| A | B |
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| ac/al/ar/ic | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| cele | swelling/tumor |
| centesis | puncture |
| cis | cut |
| cyte | cell |
| ectasis | expansion/dilation |
| ectomy | removal/excision |
| emia | blood |
| genic | producing/originating |
| gram | record |
| iasis | condition/formation of/presence of |
| ist | one who specializes in |
| itis | inflammation |
| logy | process/study |
| lysis | breakdown/destruction |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| opsy | to view |
| osis | condition |
| otomy/tomy | cutting open |
| pathy | disease |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scopy | examination/inspection |
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