Medical Terminology Chapter 3: Common Suffixes (Part 1)

-ac

• pertaining to
• top, extremities
• knowledge

acr/o

• top, extremities
• pain
• record (written record or image)

-al

• pertaining to
• referring to another
• instrument used to record

-algia

• pain
• pertaining to
• inflammation

all/o

• referring to another
• cancer
• pertaining to

-ary

• pertaining to
• pain
• same, constant

carcin/o

• cancer
• cell
• specialist, one who studies

-cyte

• cell
• referring to another
• enlargement

dia-

• through, complete
• pertaining to
• surgical creation of a new opening

-dynia

• pain
• top, extremities
• physician