| Question |
Answer |
| a-, an- |
not, without |
| amphi- |
both, on both sides of, around |
| ana-, an- |
up, back, again |
| anti-, ant- |
against, opposite |
| apo-, ap- |
from, off |
| cata-, cat- |
down, against, very |
| dia-, di- |
through, across, between |
| dys- |
bad, disordered, difficult |
| ec- |
out, out of |
| ecto- |
outside, external |
| en-, em-, el- |
in, into |
| endo-, ento-, end-, ent- |
within |
| epi-, ep- |
upon, to, in addition to |
| eu-, ev- |
good, well |
| ex- |
out, out of |
| exo- |
outside, external |
| hyper- |
over, excessive |
| hypo-, hyp- |
below, less than normal |
| meta-, met- |
after, changed |
| para-, par- |
beside, disordered |
| peri- |
around, near |
| pro- |
before, in front of |
| pros- |
toward, in addition to |
| syn-, sym-, -syl- |
with together |
| sy-, sys- |
with together |
| -ac |
pertaining to |
| -al |
pertaining to, like, belonging to |
| -an, -ian |
pertaining to, like, one concerned with |
| -arch |
one who rules |
| -archy |
rule by |
| -arion |
little |
| -arium |
little |
| -ast |
one who does |
| -cracy |
rule by |
| -crat |
one who advocates or practices by rule |
| -ectomy |
surgical removal of |
| -emia |
condition of the blood |
| -gram |
thing written |
| -graph |
writing |
| -graphy |
writing |
| -hedron |
solid figure |
| -ia |
quality of |
| -iasis |
diseased condition |
| -ic |
pertaining to |
| -ician |
specialist in |
| -ics |
art, science, study of |
| -idium |
little |
| -in |
chemical substance |
| -ine |
chemical substance |
| -ion |
little |
| -iscus |
little |
| -isk |
little |
| -ism |
belief in |
| -ist |
one who believes in |
| -ite |
one connected with |
| -itis |
inflammation of |
| -ium |
little |
| -ium |
part |
| -ize |
(verbal suffix) |
| -logy |
science of |
| -m |
result of |
| -ma |
result of |
| -mania |
madness about, passion |
| -maniac |
one having a madness or passion for |
| -mat |
result of |
| -me |
result |
| -meter |
measure |
| -nomy |
science of |
| -oid |
like |
| -oma |
tumor |
| -osis |
diseased condition of |
| -ous, -ious |
full of, pertaining to, like |
| -path |
one who suffers from a disease of |
| -pathy |
disease of |
| -phobe |
one who fears or hates |
| -phobia |
abnormal fear or hatred of |
| -ploid |
-fold |
| -rrhea, -rrhoea |
abnormal discharge |
| -scope |
instrument for viewing |
| -se |
act of |
| -sia |
act of |
| -sis |
act of |
| -st |
one who does |
| -sy |
act of |
| -t |
he who |
| -te |
he who |
| -therapy |
treatment of or by |
| -tic |
pertaining to |
| -tics |
art, science, study of |
| -tomy |
surgical operation on |
| -y |
quality of |