Medical Terminology - Suffixes

-al

• inflammation

• abnormal hardening

• pertaining to

• surgical repair

-algia

• tissue deathrecord or picture

• pain and suffering

• tissue death

• abnormal condition or disease

-dynia

• pain

• rupture

• visual examination

• to suture or stitch

-malacia

• the process of recording a picture or record

• bursting forth

• surgical repair

• abnormal softening

-megaly

• tissue death

• enlargement

• record or picture

• pertaining to

-necrosis

• visual examination

• inflammation

• tissue death

• rupture

-itis

• surgical removal of

• surgical repair

• blood condition

• inflammation or swelling

-ectomy

• surgical removal of

• the study of / specialist

• a deficiency of

• surgical incision

-osis

• partial or incomplete paralysis

• tumor

• abnormal condition or disease

• surgical repair

-centesis

• surgical puncture to remove fluid

• to surgically create an artificial opening

• a deficiency of

• blood condition