Medical prefixes and suffixes
-ical, pertaining to [cardiac, neural, gastric, neurological]
-algia pain [arthralgia]
-cyte cell [leukocyte, erythrocyte,
-ectomy excision, removal
-emia blood condition [leukemia, anemia]
-genic pertaining to, producing or produced by [carcinogenic, iatrogenic, pathogenic]
-gram record [electroencephalogram]
-ion process [excision]
-ist specialist [gynecologist]
-itis inflammation [cystitis, appendicitis, laryngitis}
-logy study of [endocrinology]
-oma tumor, mass, swelling
-opsy process of viewing [biopsy]
-osis condition, usually abnormal

-pathy disease condition
-scope instrument to visually examine
-scopy process of visually examining
-sis state of [prognosis]
-tomy process of cutting, incision [lobotomy]
-y process, condition [gastroenterology]
auto- self [autosplenectomy]
dia- through, complete [diagnosis]
endo- within [endoscope]
epi- above, upon [epigastric, epidermis]
exo- out[excision, exophthalmos]
hyper- excessive, above, more than normal
hypo- deficient, below, less than normal
in- into, in [incision]
peri- surrounding [pericardium, perimenopause]
pro- before [prognosis]
re- back [resection]
retro- behind [retrogastric]
sub- below, under [subhepatic]
trans- across, through [transaortic]