Suffix | Meaning |
aceous | belonging to |
aceous | resembling |
acusis | hearing condition |
ago | condition |
ago | disease |
agra | severe pain |
algia | pain |
asthenia | weakness |
ate | substance |
atresia | abnormal closure |
cele | hernia |
cele | swelling |
centeses | puncture |
chalasis | relaxation |
cide | destroy |
cide | kill |
cis | cut |
clasia | break up |
clasis | break up |
cleisis | closure |
crit | separate |
cyst | bladder-like sac |
desis | bind |
dynia | pain |
ectasia | dilation |
ectasia | stretching |
ectasis | enlarged |
ectasis | expanded |
ectomy | remove |
edema | distention |
edema | swelling |
ema | distention |
ema | swelling |
emesis | vomiting |
emia | blood condition |
er | one who |
esis | condition |
esis | process |
esthesia | feeling |
esthesia | sensation |
et | one who |
et | that which |
ete | one who |
ete | that which |
facient | causing |
fer | carry |
fer | to bear |
ferous | production of |
form | form |
form | shape |
genic | producing |
genous | producing |
gnosis | knowing |
gnosis | to know |
gnosy | knowing |
gnosy | to know |
gog | to make flow |
gogue | to make flow |
grade | flow |
grade | move |
grade | walk |
gram | record |
gram | writing |
graph | recording |
graph | writing instrument |
graphy | recording |
graphy | writing process |
ia | condition |
ia | state |
iasis | condition |
iasis | formation |
iatrics | science of |
iatrics | study of |
iatry | science of |
iatry | study of |
ician | specialist |
ics | science of |
ics | study of |
id | related to |
ism | condition |
ism | process |
ist | specialist |
itis | infalmmation |
ity | property |
ium | place |
ium | structure |
ize | action |
ize | process |
lapse | fall |
lapse | sag |
lapse | slide |
lent | full of |
lepsy | seizure |
log | record |
logist | specialist |
logy | science of |
logy | study of |
lysis | break down |
lysis | loosen |
malacia | softening |
mania | frenzy |
mania | passion |
megaly | enlarged |
mer | part |
mere | part |
meter | measuring instrument |
metrics | science of measuring |
metry | measuring process |
nomist | specialist |
nomy | laws of |
oid | like |
oma | swelling |
oma | tumor |
opsy | see |
opsy | to view |
or | one who |
osis | condition of |
paresis | slight weakness |
pathy | disease |
ped | foot |
pede | foot |
penia | decrease |
penia | deficiency |
pexy | fix |
pexy | suspend |
pheresis | remove |
philia | craving |
philia | love of |
phobia | fear of |
phoresis | carrying |
phoresis | transmitting |
phoria | carrying |
phoria | transmitting |
phyte | plant |
plasia | development |
plasia | growth |
plasm | to form |
plast | to form |
plasty | mold |
plasty | shape |
plegia | paralysis |
plexy | paralysis |
ploid | to fold |
pod | foot |
poeisis | production of |
ptosis | drooping |
ptosis | falling |
ptosis | sagging |
rrhage | bursting forth |
rrhaphy | join |
rrhaphy | suture |
rrhea | flow |
rrhexis | breaking |
rrhexis | bursting |
schisis | dividing |
schisis | splitting |
scope | instrument used to observe |
scope | instrument used to see |
scope | look |
scope | observe |
scopy | examination process |
sect | cut |
section | cut |
septic | infected |
some | body |
spasm | sudden contraction |
stalsis | compression |
stalsis | contraction |
stasis | standstill |
stasis | stopping |
stat | control |
stat | to stop |
static | standstill |
static | stopping |
stenosis | narrowing |
stenosis | tightening |
stomy | create an opening |
ter | means of |
ter | place for |
therapy | treatment |
tion | action |
tion | process |
tome | cutting instrument |
tome | slice |
tome | to cut |
tomy | incision |
tonia | stretching |
tonia | tension |
tope | place |
tope | position |
toxic | poisonous |
tripsy | crush |
trophy | development |
trophy | growth |
tropin | affinity for |
type | classification |
type | picture |
uria | urine condition |
y | nature |
y | quality of |
zoa | animal |
zoan | animal |
in | chemical substance |
ine | chemical substance |
ide | binary compound |
ase | enzyme |
ose | sugar |
ol | oil |
ole | oil |
ous | lower oxidation state |
ite | salt |
ite | mineral |
ergy | work |
lith | stone |
lith | rock |
cline | slope |
cline | incline |
adjective endings / pertaining to | ac, al, ant, ar, ary, ative, eal, ic, ical, id, ous, tic, ular, y |
diminutive endings / small | cle, cule, culum, ium, ole, ula, ule |
plural endings | a, ax, ex, is, ium, ix, on, um, us, y |
plural -a- | ae |
plural - ax- | aces |
plural - ex- | ices |
plural - is- | es |
plural - ium- | ia |
plural - ix- | ices |
plural -on- | a |
plural -um- | a |
plural -us- | i |
plural -y- | ies |
study of / science of - | iatrics, iatry, ics, logy |
specialist - | ician, ist, logist, nomist |
one who - | er, et, ete, or |
condition - | ago, esis, ia, iasis, ism, osis |
process - | esis, ism, ize, tion |
swelling - | cele, oma, edema, ema |
cut - | sect, section, cis |