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Scientific Suffixes

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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  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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