Medical Terminology Suffixes

–clasis, –clast

• to break

• to build

• to connect

• to separate

–rrhexis

• breakdown

• rupture

• compression

• expansion

–metry

• measurement

• calculation

• estimation

• evaluation

–dilation

• narrowing

• compressing

• widening, stretching, expanding

• contracting

–cidal, –cide

• destroying, killing

• creating, forming

• removing, eliminating

• protecting, shielding

–scopy

• visual examination

• surgical procedure

• diagnostic test

• therapeutic intervention

–phage, –phagia

• eating, swallowing

• breathing, inhaling

• drinking, quenching

• digesting, absorbing

–acusia, –acusis, –cusis

• sight

• taste

• hearing

• smell

–logy, –ology

• study of

• study about

• study in

• study through

–osis

• abnormal condition

• normal condition

• healthy state

• disease-free status