Latin suffixes and prefixes p. 1

Concerning blood

• -algia

• -emia

• peri-

• -logia

near, close to

• peri-

• para-

• hypo-

• syn-

-rrhagia

• massive excretion

• applying stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision

• visualization

• bleeding

-trophia

• supply, nourishment

• abnormal softening

• susceptibility

• tonus, tension

presence of pathological fungi

• -spasmus

• -logus

• -myc

• -necrosis

swelling

• -oedema

• -ptosis

• -plegia

• -sthenia

stroke, paralysis

• -logus

• -plegia

• -rrhoea

• • -scopia

enlargement

• -malacia

• -megalia

• -oedema

• -iater

inflammation

• -ismus

• -osis

• -itis

• -iasis

location inside

• en-, endo-

• exo-

• peri-

• hyper-