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Sci Suffixes
Scientific Suffixes
| 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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