Suffix

2. hysterectomy
Surgical removal
(Excision)
uterus

3. gastrostomy
Surgical
opening
stomach

4. arthrocentesis
Surgical puncture
for aspiration
joint
Puncture of a
joint to remove
fluid

5. hysteropexy
Surgical
fixation
uterus
Fixation of the uterus

6. rhinoplasty
Surgical repair
nose
Surgical repair
(plastic surgery)
of the nose

7. gastrorrhaphy
suture
stomach

8. lithotripsy
Surgical crushing
stone

9. osteoclasis
Surgical
fracture
bone
Surgical fracture of bone

10. arthrodesis
Surgical fusion
joint
Surgical
fusion of joint

11. enterolysis
Surgical separation
intestine
Surgical separation of
intestinal adhesions

12. hemolysis
destruction
blood

13. coloclysis
irrigation
colon
Colon irrigation (washing)

14. -lysis
-clysis
-clasis
-tomy
-ectomy
-stomy
-pexy
-rrhaphy
-tripsy
-desis
-centesis

16. arthralgia
pain
joint

17. analgesia
pain
without

18. mastodynia
pain
breast

19. osteomalacia
softening
bone

20. hepatomegaly
enlargement
liver

21. adenoma
tumor
gland

22. thrombocytopenia
deficiency
platelets

23. retinopathy
disease
retina

24. hysteroptosis
prolapsed
uterus

25. hemophilia
attraction to
blood
A bleeding tendency due to
abnormalities of coagulation factors

26. dysphagia
swallowing - eating
difficult

27. hemorrhage
bursting forth of
blood
blood
Excessive bleeding

28. menorrhagia
bursting forth of
blood
menses
Excessive menstrual flow

29. metrorrhagia
bursting forth of
blood
?

30. rhinorrhea
discharge
nose
Nasal discharge

31. hysterorrhexis
rupture
uterus

32. bronchiectasis
Chronic dilation
bronchi
Chronic dilation of bronchi

33. carcinogen
producing
cancer

34. myogenesis
producing
muscle

35. cholagogue
bile increased flow

36. hemoptysis
blood spitting

37. hematochezia
blood feces
A condition of bloody feces

38. -trophy
Change in tissue size
(due to change in cell size or number)

39. -plasia
Change in tissue size
(due to change in cell number)

40. hypertrophy
Increase in size of organ
or tissue due to increase in
cells size
hyperplasia
Increase in size of organ
or tissue due to increase in
cell numbers

41. atrophy A decrease in size of organ or
tissue after it has reached its
full development due to
reduction in cells size or
number or both
aplasia Complete failure of organ
development due to
reduction in cells number

42. hypoplasia Failure of an organ to reach
its full-sized development
due to reduction in cells
number
neoplasia Abnormal (pathological)
new growth due to
multiplication of the cells in
one tissue or organ

43. paraesthesia
abnormal sensation
Abnormal sensation in the form of
tingling, pins and needles