Suffix for Diseases

Medical Terms

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-ia
Conditation; state; thing EX: pneumenia- condition of the lung
-ism
Process; disease from a specific cause EX: hyprothyroidism- disease from a specific cause of deficient thyroid gland (hormone)
-itis
Inflammation of; infection of EX: tonsillites- infection of the tonsils
-megaly
Enlargement EX: cardiomegaly-enlargement of the heart
-oma
Tumor; mass EX: neuroma- tumor on a nerve
-osis
Condition; abnormal condition; process EX: psychosis- abnormal condition of mind
-pathy
Disease EX: arthropathy- disease of the joints