Medical Suffixes

Pertaining to

• -ac

• -eal

• -ity

• -ous

Cell

• -blast

• -cyte

• -malacia

• -oma

-dynia

• Expansion

• Disease

• Condition

• Pain; swelling

Condition

• -ia

• -iasis

• -ism

• -osis

-itis

• -megaly

• -oid

• Inflammation

• -ity

Disease

• -pathy

• -ptosis

• -pnea

• -sis

-pnea

• Tumor

• Hardening

• Speech

• Breathing

-oma

• Tumor

• Softening

• Growth

• Deficiency

-rrhage

• Inflammation

• Bleeding

• Flow or Discharge

• Condition

-ectomy

• Surgical Binding

• Surgical Removal

• Surgical Fixation

• Surgical Reconstruction