Med Terms: Suffixes

-algia

• protrusion

• pain

• state of

• drooping

-cele

• dilation

• view of

• protrusion

• rupture

-cyte

• cell

• abnormal flow

• disease

• pertaining to

-dynia

• dilation

• enlarged

• discharge

• pain

-ectasis

• dilation

• disease

• paralysis

• narrowing

-gen

• that which produces

• development

• abnormal softening

• pertaining to

-genic

• drooping

• producing

• formation

• view of

-ia

• disease

• treatment

• formation

• condition

-iasis

• -iasis is a suffix indicating a disease or pathological condition.
• -iasis is a term used for a type of medication.
• -iasis refers to a healthy condition or state.
• -iasis is a prefix indicating a type of treatment.

"state of"

Example: hypothyroidism (state of low thyroid)

• -ology
• -graphy
• -ology
• -ism