Medical Terminology: Suffixes

Front

-itis

Back

inflammation

Front

abnormal condition

Back

-osis

Front

-algia

Back

pain

Front

-pathy

Back

disease

Front

surgical incision, process of cutting into

Back

-otomy

Front

-ic

Back

pertaining to

Front

tumor

Back

-oma

Front

-scope

Back

instrument for examination

Front

pertaining to

Back

-al

Front

producing or causing

Back

-gen