Suffixes (go at the end)
-itis
inflammation of
-otomy
cut into (make an incision)
-ectomy
cut and remove (surgically)
-scopy
the process of looking
-scope
an instrument used for viewing
-ist
a specialist (in that field of medicine or practice)
-ology
they study of
-meter
an instrument that measures
-phile
loves / attracted to
-phobe
hates / fear of
-trophy
growth
-physis
growth
-megaly
enlarged / swollen
-algia
pain
-oma
a swelling / tumor
-penia
lack of / deficiency
-opia
vision
-pathy
disease
-mycosis
relating to fungi
-sepsis
relating to bacteria (infection)
-genic
starting / creating / cause
-rrhea
discharge / flow
-pexy
surgically attaching
-phasia
speech
-phagia
eating / swallowing
-ic, -ous, -ia, -os
pertaining to
-osis
condition of (symptom)
-lysis
breaking down / dissolving
-gram
picture / recording
-graph
instrument for recording / taking picture