- centesis

surgical puncture

- clasis

to break; surgical fracture

- desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

- ectomy

excision, removal

- lysis

seperation; destruction; loosening

- pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

- stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

-tome

instrument to cut

- tomy

incision

- tripsy

crushing

-gram

recording, writing

- graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument for measuring

- metry

act of measuring

- scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

visual examination

-algia

pain

- dynia

pain

- cele

hernia, swelling

- ectasis

dilation, expansion

- edema

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-gen

forming, producing, origin

- genesis

forming, producing, origin

- iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

- itis

inflammation

- lith

stone, calculus

- malacia

softening

- megaly

enlargement

- oma

tumor

- osis

abnormal condition; increase

(used primarily with blood cells)

- pathy

disease

- penia

decrease, deficiency

- phagia

eating, swallowing

- phasia

speech

- phobia

fear

-plasia

formation, growth

- plasm

- plegia

paralysis

- ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement

- rrhage

bursting forth (of)

- rrhagia

bursting forth (of)

- rrhea

discharge, flow

- rrhexis

rupture

- sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening

- spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching

- stenosis

narrowing, stricture

- toxic

poison

- trophy

nourishment, development

- ac

pertaining to

- al

pertaining to

- ar

pertaining to

- ary

pertaining to

- eal

pertaining to

- ic

pertaining to

- ical

pertaining to

- ile

pertaining to

- ior

pertaining to

- ous

pertaining to

- tic

pertaining to

- esis

condition

- ia

condition

- ism

condition

- iatry

medicine; treatment

- ician

specialist

- ist

specialist

- y

condition; process

- icle

small, minute

- ole

small, minute

- ule

small, minute