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Suffixes: Med. Term.
Medical Terminology from Greek and Latin Roots. Suffixes. (GREEK in all caps)
| Suffix | Definition |
|---|---|
| -able | capable of (being); able |
| -AC | pertaining to; located at |
| -ACUSIA | hearing |
| -ad | forms adverbs; in the direction of, toward |
| -ALGIA | pain |
| -(e)al | pertaining to, located at |
| -(e)an | pertaining to, located at |
| -ANASTOMOSIS | an opening between two tubular structures |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ARCHE | beginning of |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | an enzyme |
| -ate (adj.) | forms adjectives; possessing, having the quality of, characterized by |
| -ate (verb) | forms verbs; to perform an action, to bring about an effect |
| -ate (noun) | something resulting from a process |
| -ation | act of, process of, result of, condition of |
| -CARCINOMA | a malignant tumor (of epithelial origin) |
| -CELE | swelling; hernia; (in obsolete terms) tumore |
| -CENTESIS | surgical puncture with a needle |
| -cide | an agent that kills |
| -CLASIA, -CLASIS | breaking up, destruction; (surgical) fracture |
| -CLYSIS | irrigation, injection of fluid |
| -CYESIS | pregnancy |
| -CYTHEMIA, -CYTOSIS | an excess of cells in the blood (of a cell type indicated by the base) |
| -DESIS | fixation, fusion, binding |
| -DYNAMICS | the science of motion under the influence of forces |
| -ECTASIA | dilation, expansion |
| -ECTOMY | excision, cutting out, surgical removal |
| -ECTOPY | displacement |
| -EDEMA | swelling, esp. with fluid |
| -EMESIS | vomiting |
| -(H)EMIA | a condition of the blood |
| -EMPHRAXIS | stoppage, obstruction |
| -ent, -ant | -ing; carrying out an action indicated by a verbal base (forms adjectives) |
| -ESTHESIA, adj. -ESTHETIC | sensation, perception |
| -ferous | bearing, carrying, bringing |
| -fistula | an opening between two epithelial surfaces |
| -GAMY | marriage, sexual union, reproduction |
| -GEN | soemthing which produces |
| -GENESIS | the act or process of producing; production of |
| -GENIC | producing; produced by |
| -GENOUS | produced by, arising in; producing |
| -GNOSIS | understanding, knowledge, recognition |
| -GRAM | a written record |
| -GRAPH | an instrument which records; (sometimes) written record |
| -GRAPHY | the act or process of recording in writing |
| -gravida | a woman who has been pregnant |
| -ia/IA | state of, condition of |
| -IASIS | disease condition or process; esp. parasitic infection |
| -IATRICS | medical treatment of, esp. indicating medical specialty, pertaining to the treatment of |
| -ible | capable of (being); able |
| -IC | pertaining to |
| -ICIAN | a person who studies or practices |
| -ICS | science of, study of |
| -ile | pertaining to, capable of being |
| -in | chemical substance |
| -in, -ine | a chemical substance, often a hormone or protein |
| -ion | act of |
| -ISCHEMIA | loss or suppression of blood flow |
| -ISM | state, condition, quality of |
| -IST | a person who pratices or is skilled in |
| -ITIS | inflammation |
| -ition | (less frequent) the act of (verb)ing or the result of being (verb)ed |
| -ium, -eum | part, lining, tissue or membrane |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -ient | full ofq |
| -LITHIASIS | a condition of stones in |
| -LYSIS | destruction, disintegration; breaking down; dissolving, decomposition; surgical loosening |
| -MALACIA | (abnormal) softening |
| -MEGALY | (abnormal) enlargement |
| -MER | molecule composed of repeating unites |
| -MERE | part |
| -METER | an instrument for measuring |
| -METRY | the act of measuring |
| -NECROSIS | pathological cell death |
| -ODYNIA | pain |
| -OID | like, resembling |
| -ol | an alcohol, -OH group |
| -OLOGIST | a person who studies or practices |
| -OLOGY | study of, science of |
| -OMA | tumor, neoplasm |
| -OPIA, -OPSIA | vision |
| -or | agent or instrument |
| -OREXIA | appetite |
| -ose | full of |
| -ose | carbohydrate, sugar |
| -OSIS | abnormal or diseased condition |
| -OSMIA | sense of smell |
| -ous | pertaining to, characterized by, full of |
| -pagus | conjoined twin |
| -para | a woman who has given birth |
| -PATHY | any disease of |
| -PENIA | lack, deficiency (esp. of a type of cell) |
| -PEPSIA | digestion |
| -PEXY, -PEXIS | fixation, fastening |
| -PHIL, -PHILE | a cell or organism which has an affinity for |
| -PHILIA | love; attraction to, affinity for; (psych) abnormal attraction to; (hist.) ability to accept a dye or stain |
| -PHOBE | someone who fears; something which stains poorly |
| -PHOBIA | (psych.) morbid fear of; avoidance of; (hist.) the quality of staining poorly with a dye |
| -PHOR | something which bears or carries |
| -PHTHISIS | wasting away, atropy; tuberculosis |
| -PHYLAXIS | protection |
| -PLASIA | formation, development (esp. of cells) |
| -PLASTY | surgical repair or formation; plastic surgery |
| -PLEGIA | paralysis |
| -PLOID (adj.) | multiple in form; have a (specified) multiple of chromosomes |
| -PLOIDY (noun) | the number of haploid sets in a cell |
| -PNEA | breathing |
| -POIESIS | formation, making, production |
| -PRAXIA | doing, performance, action |
| -PTOSIS | falling, drooping, prolapse, downward displacement |
| -PYREXIA | fever |
| -RRHAGIA | excessive flow or discharge, esp. of blood |
| -RRHAPHY | surgical suture |
| -RRHEA | flow, discharge |
| -RRHEXIS | rupture, bursting |
| -SCHISIS | splitting, fissure |
| -SCOPE | an instrument for viewing or observing |
| -SCOPY | the act of viewing, observation |
| -SEPSIS | bacterial infection |
| -SIS | action, process; state of, condition of |
| -SOME | a body or mass |
| -STASIS, -STASIA | a standing still, stoppage of flow |
| -STENOSIS | abnormal narrowing |
| -STHENIA | strength |
| -STOMY | surgical formation of an opening |
| -THERAPIST | a person trained or skilled in a type of therapy |
| -THERAPY, (adj.) -THERAPEUTIC | medical treatment of; medical treatment by means of |
| -TOME | a knife, cutting instrument |
| -TOMY | incision, cutting |
| -TRIPSY | surgical or therapeutic crushing( i.e. of a stone) |
| -TROPH | a bacterium nourished by (with a base indicating necessary conditions for growth) |
| -TROPHY | growth, nourishment |
| -ty | state of, condition of |
| -URIA | condtion of the urine or of urination |
| -valence, -valency (adj. -valent) | chemical combining power |
| -y | state of, condition of |
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