Vet Medical Suffixes

pain or suffering

• -algia

• -centesis

• -pathy

• -pexy

surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

• -centesis

• -ectomy

• -graphy

• -ostomy

surgical removal or incision

• -centesis

• -ectomy

• -ostomy

• -pathy

record or picture

• -gram

• -graphy

• -pexy

• -scopy

instrument for recording; occasionally used to describe the record or picture

• -graphy

• -graph

• -pathy

• -scope

process of recording

• -graphy

• -graph

• -pathy

• -scope

inflammation

• -itis

• -lysis

• -osis

• -rrhea

breakdown, destruction, or separation

• -lysis

• -ostomy

• -plasty

• -therapy

study of

• -ology

• -scopy

• -graphy

• -pexy

abnormal condition

• -osis

• -ostomy

• -pexy

• -scopy