Definition of suffix
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| -a | noun ending
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| -ate | something that...
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| -e | noun ending
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -er | one who
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| -esis | condition of
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| -ia | condition
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| -iatry | medical treatment
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| -ion | action, process
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| -ism | condition
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| -ist | practitioner
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| -ole | small or little
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| -osis | condition
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| -tion | process of
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| -ula | small, little
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| -ule | small one
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| -um | identifies singular nouns
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| -us | identifies singular nouns
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| -y | noun ending
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ical | pertaining to
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| -ile | pertaining to, capable
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| -oid | resembling
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| -ory | pertaining to; characterized by
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -tic | pertaining to
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| -ician | specialist in a field of study
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| -iatrics | relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment
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| -iatry | medical treatment or profession
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| -iatrist | one who treats
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| -ian | specialist in a field of study
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| -ist | practitioner
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| -logist | one who specializes in the study of
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| -logy | the study of
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| -clasis | crushing or breaking up
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| -desis | binding or surgical fusion
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -gram | record or picture
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| -graph | an instrument used to record
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -ize | to make; to treat or combine with
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| -lysis | destruction or detachment
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| -meter | an instrument used to measure
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| -metry | the process of measuring
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| -pexy | surgical fixation
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -rrhaphy | suturing
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| -scope | an instrument used to view
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| -scopy | the process of viewing with a scope
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| -stomy | the surgical creation of a new opening
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| -tomy | incision into
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| -tripsy | intentional crushing
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| -ad | toward, increase
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| -algesia | sensitivity to pain
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| -algia | pain
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| -blast | embryonic stage of development
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| -cele | swelling or herniation
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| -cide | to kill; destroy
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| -cyte | cell
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| -dynia | pain
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| -e | noun ending
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| -ectasia | streching or dilatation
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| -esis | condition of
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| -gen | that which generates
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| -genesis | generating; formation
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| -genic | pertaining to, formation, producing
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| -gravida | pregnancy
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| -iasis | presence of an abnormal condition
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| -ion | action or process
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| -ism | condition
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -lepsy | seizure, attack
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| -lith | stone
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| -lithiasis | presence or formation of stones
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| -lytic | destruction
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| -mania | a mental disorder; a "madness"
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opia | visual condition
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| -opsia | visual condition
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| -pathy | disease
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| -penia | decrease in; deficiency
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| -philia | attracted to
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| -phobia | abnormal fear
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| -plasia | formation or development
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -ptosis | drooping or prolapse
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| -rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -stasis | stopping or controlling
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| -uria | a characteristic of the urine
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| -y | noun ending
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