- - -
-algia, -algesia
pain
-cele
hernia, localized dilation
-clasis, -clasia
breaking
-itis
inflammation
-megaly
enlargement
-odynia
pain
-oma
tumor (plural: -omas, -omata)
-pathy
any disease of
-rhage, -rhagia
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage (remember to double the "r" when adding this suffix to a root)
-rhea
flow, discharge (remember to double the "r" when adding this suffix to a root)
-rhexis
rupture (remember to double the "r" when adding this suffix to a root)
-schisis
fissure, splitting
- B -
bacill/i, bacill/o
bacillus
bacteri/o
bacterium
brady-
slow
- C -
carcin/o
cancer, carcinoma
cyst/o, cyst/i
filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder
- D -
dilation, dilatation
expansion, widening (may also refer to treatment)
dys-
abnormal, painful, difficult
- E -
ectasia, ectasis
dilation
edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling
- L -
lith
calculus, stone
lysis
separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction (may also refer to treatment)
- M -
mal-
bad, poor
malacia
softening
myc/o
fungus, mold
- N -
- O -
- P -
pachy-
thick
path/o
disease
ptosis
dropping, downward displacement, prolapse
py/o
pus
pyr/o , pyret/o
fever, fire
- S -
scler/o
hard
spasm
sudden contraction, cramp
staphyl/o
grapelike cluster
stasis
suppression, stoppage (may also refer to treatment)
stenosis
narrowing, constriction
strept/o
twisted chain
- T -
tachy-
rapid
tox/o, toxic/o
poison
- V -
- X -
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