Cardiovascular and Nervous System suffixes
General Conditions & States
- -ac: or -ic: Pertaining to (e.g., cardiac, electric)
- -ia: Condition of, abnormal state (e.g., anemia (lack of blood), neurasthenia)
- -logy: Specialty, study of (e.g., cardiology, neurology)
- -logist: Specialist who studies and treats (e.g., cardiologist, neurologist)
- -osis: Abnormal condition (e.g., atherosclerosis)
- -ous: Pertaining to (e.g., venous)
- -pathy: Disease (e.g., neuropathy)
- -dynia: Pain (e.g., cardiodynia)
- -esthesi(o)-: Sensation or sensitivity (e.g., anesthesia)
- -esthesia: Sensation, perception
- -apheresis: Removal (e.g., plasmapheresis)
- -centesis: Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (e.g., pericardiocentesis)
- -ectomy: Excision, surgical removal (e.g., embolectomy, craniotomy)
- -graph: Instrument that records (e.g., electrocardiograph (ECG))
- -graphy: Process of recording (e.g., angiography, electrocardiography)
- -lysis: Loosening, dissolution, separating (e.g., thrombolysis)
- -pexy: Surgical fixation or suspension (e.g., neuropexy)
- -plasty: Surgical repair (e.g., angioplasty)
- -tomy: Cut into, incision (e.g., neurotomy, arteriotomy)
Inflammation & Disease Processes
- -itis: Inflammation (e.g., pericarditis, meningitis)
- -sclerosis: Hardening (e.g., arteriosclerosis)
- -stenosis: Narrowing or constriction (e.g., aortic stenosis)
- -stasis: Stopping, controlling, or stagnation (e.g., hemostasis, venous stasis)
Blood & Vessels (Cardiovascular Specific)
- -emia: Condition of blood (e.g., hyperlipidemia)
- -megaly: Enlargement (e.g., cardiomegaly)
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