Word parts pertaining to disease

- - -

• -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 -

• necrosis

death of

- O -

• onc/o

tumor

- 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 -

• vir/o

virus

- X -

• xero-

dry