Term | Definition |
-a
(suffix type: none) | noun ending |
-acusia
(suffix type: none) | hearing |
-ad
(suffix type: none) | toward |
-algesia
(suffix type: none) | pain |
-apheresis
(suffix type: none) | removal, carry away |
-arche
(suffix type: none) | beginning |
-asthenia
(suffix type: none) | weakness, debility |
-ate
(suffix type: none) | having the form of, posessing |
-ation
(suffix type: none) | process (of) |
-blast
(suffix type: none) | immature, embryonic cell |
-capnia
(suffix type: none) | carbon dioxide |
-ceps
(suffix type: none) | head |
-caption
(suffix type: none) | conceiving |
-cide
(suffix type: none) | to kill |
-cision
(suffix type: none) | a cutting |
-clasia
(suffix type: none) | to break, surgical fracture |
-clasis
(suffix type: none) | to break, surgical fracture |
-clast
(suffix type: none) | to break; surgical fracture |
-clysis
(suffix type: none) | irrigation, washing |
-continence
(suffix type: none) | to hold back |
-crine
(suffix type: none) | secrete |
-crit
(suffix type: none) | separation of |
-cure
(suffix type: none) | to care of |
-cusia
(suffix type: none) | hearing |
-cusis
(suffix type: none) | hearing |
-cyesis
(suffix type: none) | state of pregnancy |
-cyte
(suffix type: none) | cell |
-cytosis
(suffix type: none) | more than the normal number of cells |
-derma
(suffix type: none) | skin condition |
-dipsia
(suffix type: none) | thirst |
-drome
(suffix type: none) | to run, running |
-duction
(suffix type: none) | act of leading, bringing, conducting |
-ectasia
(suffix type: none) | dilation, expansion |
-eous
(suffix type: none) | composed of, like, resembling, of the nature of |
-esthesia
(suffix type: none) | feeling |
-ferent
(suffix type: none) | to carry |
-glia
(suffix type: none) | glue, neuroglial tissue |
-globin
(suffix type: none) | protein |
-globulin
(suffix type: none) | protein |
-gnosis
(suffix type: none) | knowing |
-grade
(suffix type: none) | to go |
-graft
(suffix type: none) | transplantation |
-gravida
(suffix type: none) | pregnant woman |
-iac
(suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
-ice
(suffix type: none) | noun ending |
-icterus
(suffix type: none) | jaundice |
-ine
(suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
-ion
(suffix type: none) | the act of, action, condition |
-is
(suffix type: none) | noun ending |
-istry
(suffix type: none) | specialty of |
-isy
(suffix type: none) | state of; condition |
-itic
(suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
-ive
(suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
-ization
(suffix type: none) | process (of) |
-kinesia
(suffix type: none) | movement |
-lalia
(suffix type: none) | speech, babble |
-le
(suffix type: none) | noun, verb, or adjective suffix |
-lepsy
(suffix type: none) | seizure |
-listhesis
(suffix type: none) | slipping |
-lithiasis
(suffix type: none) | condition of stones |
-logist
(suffix type: none) | specialist in the study of |
-logy
(suffix type: none) | study of |
-lucent
(suffix type: none) | to shine, clear, to shine through |
-lytic
(suffix type: none) | to reduce, destroy |
-mania
(suffix type: none) | frenzy, state of mental disorder |
-manometer
(suffix type: none) | instrument to measure pressure |
-oid
(suffix type: none) | resembling |
-opaque
(suffix type: none) | nontransparent, obscure |
-opia
(suffix type: none) | vision |
-opsia
(suffix type: none) | vision |
-opsy
(suffix type: none) | view of |
-orexia
(suffix type: none) | appetite |
-ory
(suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
-os
(suffix type: none) | pertaining to |
-ose
(suffix type: none) | pertaining to, sugar |
-osmia
(suffix type: none) | smell |
-oxia
(suffix type: none) | oxygen |
-para
(suffix type: none) | to bear (offspring) |
-paresis
(suffix type: none) | partial paralysis |
-partum
(suffix type: none) | childbirth |
-pepsia
(suffix type: none) | digestion |
-phage
(suffix type: none) | swallowing, eating |
-phil
(suffix type: none) | attraction for |
-philia
(suffix type: none) | attraction for |
-phonia
(suffix type: none) | voice |
-phoresis
(suffix type: none) | carrying, transmission |
-phoria
(suffix type: none) | feeling (mental state) |
-phylaxis
(suffix type: none) | protection |
-physis
(suffix type: none) | growth |
-plakia
(suffix type: none) | plaque |
-plexy
(suffix type: none) | stroke |
-pnea
(suffix type: none) | breathing |
-poiesis
(suffix type: none) | formation |
-porosis
(suffix type: none) | porous |
-potence
(suffix type: none) | power |
-prandial
(suffix type: none) | pertaining to a meal |
-pressin
(suffix type: none) | to press down |
-ptysis
(suffix type: none) | spitting |
-salpinx
(suffix type: none) | tube (usually the fallopian tube or Eustachian (auditory) tube) |
-sarcoma
(suffix type: none) | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-schisis
(suffix type: none) | splitting |
-sclerosis
(suffix type: none) | abnormal condition of hardening |
-sis
(suffix type: none) | state of; condition |
-social
(suffix type: none) | society |
-spaias
(suffix type: none) | slit, fissure |
-spermia
(suffix type: none) | condition of sperm |
-sphyxia
(suffix type: none) | pulse |
-stasis
(suffix type: none) | standing still, maintenance of a constant level |
-stomy
(suffix type: none) | forming an opening (mouth) |
-surgery
(suffix type: none) | surgery |
-taxia
(suffix type: none) | order, coordination, muscle coordination |
-tension
(suffix type: none) | to stretch, pressure |
-therapy
(suffix type: none) | treatment |
-thorax
(suffix type: none) | chest |
-thymia
(suffix type: none) | mind; emotion |
-tocia
(suffix type: none) | labor, childbirth |
-tone
(suffix type: none) | tone |
-tonia
(suffix type: none) | tone, degree of muscle tension |
-tonic
(suffix type: none) | pertaining to tone |
-trophic
(suffix type: none) | pertaining to nutrition |
-trophy
(suffix type: none) | nourishment, development |
-tropia
(suffix type: none) | turning |
-tropin
(suffix type: none) | to stimulate |
-ula
(suffix type: none) | small, minute |
-um
(suffix type: none) | structure, thing |
-uria
(suffix type: none) | urine |
-us
(suffix type: none) | condition; structure |
-ac
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
-al
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
-ar
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
-ary
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
-eal
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
-esis
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | condition |
-ia
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | condition, state |
-iatry
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | medicine, treatment |
-ic
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
-ical
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
-ician
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | specialist |
-icle
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | small, minute |
-ile
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
-ior
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
-ism
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | condition |
-ist
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | specialist |
-ole
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | small |
-ous
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
-tic
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | pertaining to |
-ule
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | small, minute |
-y
(suffix type: adjective, noun, and diminuative) | condition; process |
-algia
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | pain |
-cele
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | hernia, protrusion, swelling |
-dynia
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | pain |
-ectasis
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | dilation or expansion |
-edema
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | swelling |
-emesis
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | vomit |
-emia
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | blood condition |
-gen
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | forming, producing, origin |
-genesis
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | forming, producing, origin |
-gram
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | record, writing |
-graph
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | instrument for recording |
-graphy
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | process of recording |
-iasis
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
-itis
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | inflammation |
-lith
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | stone, calculus |
-malacia
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | abnormal softening |
-megaly
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | enlargement, large |
-meter
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | instruments for measuring |
-metry
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | act of measuring |
-oma
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | tumor, neoplam |
-osis
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
-pathy
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | disease |
-penia
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | decrease, deficiency, too few |
-phagia
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | swallowing, eating |
-phasia
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | speech |
-phobia
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | fear |
-plasia
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | development, growth, formation |
-plasm
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | formation, development, growth |
-plegia
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | paralysis |
-ptosis
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | drooping, prolapse, downward placement |
-rrhage
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | bursting forth (of), abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
-rrhagia
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | bursting forth (of), condition of abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
-rrhea
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | rupture |
-scope
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | instrument for viewing |
-scopy
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | visual examination |
-spasm
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-stenosis
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | narrowing, stricture |
-toxic
(suffix type: diagnostic/pathological) | pertaining to poison |
-centesis
(suffix type: surgical) | puncture to withdraw fluid |
-desis
(suffix type: surgical) | binding, fixation (of bone or joint) |
-ectomy
(suffix type: surgical) | surgical removal, excision |
-lysis
(suffix type: surgical) | destruction, separation, loosening |
-pexy
(suffix type: surgical) | surgical fixation |
-plasty
(suffix type: surgical) | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy
(suffix type: surgical) | suture |
-tome
(suffix type: surgical) | instrument used to cut |
-tomy
(suffix type: surgical) | incision |
-tripsy
(suffix type: surgical) | surgical crushing |