Examples in Medicine in Greek Nomenclature - Medical terms and Greek suffixes accompanying

Suffixes

-ectomy surgical removal of ("act of cutting out")

vasectomy


-tomy surgical operation on, surgical cutting of

lobotomy


-path one who suffers from a disease of, one who treats a disease

psychopath


-pathy disease of, treatment of disease of or by

otopathy


-mania madness about, passion for

pyromania


-maniac one having a madness or passion for

nymphomaniac


-phobia abnormal fear or hatred of

arachnophobia


-phobe one who fears or hates (abnormally)

homophobe


-emia condition of the blood, congestion of blood in

septicemia


-iasis diseased condition (often caused by parasites)

hypochondriasis


-itis inflammation of, inflammatory disease of

colitis


-ium part, lining or enveloping tissue, region

Pericardium, myocardium


-oma tumor of, swelling containing, tumor

Carcinoma, sarcoma


-osis diseased condition of, illness, act of, process of

halitosis (mitosis)


-rrh(o)ea abnormal discharge

diarrhea


-therapy treatment of or by

Electrotherapy, psychotherapy