Understanding Medical Suffixes

Front

Inflammation

Back

-itis

Front

removal

Back

-ectomy

Front

Pain

Back

-algia

Front

condition

Back

-emia

Front

study of

Back

-logy

Front

Enlargement

Back

-megaly

Front

Disease

Back

-pathy

Front

repair

Back

-plasty

Front

deficiency

Back

-penia

Front

excessive flow

Back

-rrhage