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Module 2 Med Term
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ual | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary (ory) | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ant (ent) | pertaining to an action or doing an action |
| -ian | specialist in a field |
| -oid | resembling |
| -a | condition/quality |
| -ia | condition/quality/entity |
| -ion | act of, process, state of |
| -is | condition, process, entity |
| -ism | condition or theory |
| -ist | one who specializes in, a practitioner |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -us | condition, quality |
| -y | quality, state of |
| singular -us | plural -i |
| singular -a | plural -ae |
| singular -um | plural -a |
| singular -ma | plural -mata |
| singular -ix | plural -ices |
| singular -ex | plural -ices |
| singular -ax | plural -aces |
| singular -on | plural -a |
| singular -is | plural -es |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| clavic/o, clavicul/o | collarbone |
| coma | state of unconsciousness |
| conscious | aware |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cutis | skin |
| derm/a, dermat/o | skin |
| duct | a narrow vessel or channel |
| ego | I |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| hemat/o | blood |
| infect | to invade by pathogenic agents |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| maxill/o | jaw |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| patell/o | kneecap |
| ot/o | ear |
| pub/o | pubis |
| sens | feeling |
| trache/o | trachea |
| vascular | diminutive, small blood vessel |