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