-algia: Pain
-cele: Hernia; swelling
-centesis: Surgical puncture to remove fluid
-cide: Killing
-clasis, -clast: Break; breaking
-cyte: Cell
-ectasis: Expansion; dilation
-ectomy: Surgical removal
-emia: Condition of the blood
-genesis: Origin; production
-genic: Producing; originating in
-gram: A record
-graph: Instrument for recording
-graphy: Process of recording
-iasis: Condition; formation of
-ism: Condition; process
-itis: Inflammation
-kinesis: Movement
-lithiasis: Presence of stones
-logist: One who studies
-logy: Study of
-lysis: Breakdown; loosening
-malacia: Softening
-mania: Obsessive preoccupation
-megaly: Enlargement
-meter: Instrument for measuring
-metry: Measurement
-oid: Resembling
-ologist: Specialist in the study of
-oma: Tumor; mass
-opia: Vision condition
-opsy: View of; examination
-osis: Abnormal condition
-ostomy: Creating a surgical opening
-otomy: Cutting into
-pathy: Disease
-penia: Deficiency
-pexy: Surgical fixation
-phagia: Eating; swallowing
-phasia: Speech
-philia: Attraction to
-phobia: Fear
-plasia: Formation; growth
-plasty: Surgical repair
-plegia: Paralysis
-pnea: Breathing
-poiesis: Formation
-ptosis: Drooping; prolapse
-rrhage, -rrhagia: Excessive flow; bursting forth
-rrhaphy: Suture of
-rrhea: Flow; discharge
-rrhexis: Rupture
-sclerosis: Hardening
-scope: Instrument for viewing
-scopy: Visual examination
-spasm: Involuntary contraction
-stasis: Stopping; controlling
-stenosis: Narrowing
-therapy: Treatment
-tome: Instrument for cutting
-tripsy: Crushing
-trophy: Nourishment; development
-uria: Urine condition
-ia: Condition
-ic, -al, -ar, -ary: Pertaining to
-ous: Pertaining to
-ase: Enzyme
-emesis: Vomiting
-esthesia: Sensation
-ferous: Bearing; carrying
-gnosis: Knowledge
-gen: Substance that produces
-ule: Small
-trophic: Pertaining to nourishment
-ectopy: Displacement
-ar vs -al: Both mean 'pertaining to'; the choice depends on the root
-iatrics, -iatry: Medical treatment; field of medicine
-ist: A specialist
-ptysis: Spitting
-stomy vs -tomy: -stomy makes an opening; -tomy is just a cut
-desis: Binding; fusion
-lepsy: Seizure
-pepsia: Digestion
-phoria: Feeling; bearing
-physis: Growing

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