MedTerm - Ch 3 - Muscular - Suffixes

pain

• -algia
• -esthesia
• -plasty
• -paresis

hernia

• -cele
• -ectomy
• -plegia
• -oma

means head

• -ceps
• -dynia
• -plegic
• -malacia

condition

• -ia
• -ceps
• -rrhexis
• -lysis

pertaining to

• -ic
• -cele
• -scope
• -logy

destruction or breaking down in disease

• -lysis
• -asthenia
• -scopy
• -itis

deficiency

• -penia
• -algia
• -tomy
• -ion

weakness

• -asthenia
• -trophy
• -tonia
• -ic

pain

• -dynia
• -tonia
• -trophy
• -ia

surgical removal, excision

• -ectomy
• -tomy
• -algia
• -graphy