A&P suffixes

Suffix that means pertaining to an area

• -al, -ar

• -ia

• -ic

• -ase

Suffix that means painful condition

• -algia

• -ase

• -cyte

• -emia

Suffix that denotes an enzyme

• -ase

• -cyte-

• -algia

• -desis

Suffix that means surgical removal of a body part

• -ectomy

• -emia

• -genic

• -algia

Suffix that means producing or causing

• -genic

• -gram

• -graph

• -emia

Suffix that means a record

• -gram

• -genic

• -graph

• -desis

Suffix that means a noun ending of a condition

• -ia

• -ic

• -ism

• -ist

Suffix that means inflammation

• -itis

• -ist

• -ism

• -ic

Suffix that means tumor

• -oma

• -osis

• -itis

• -oid

Suffix that means cell

• -cyte

• -desis

• -emia

• -gram