Term | Definition |
-ac | pertaining to |
-acusis | hearing |
-ad | toward |
-agon | assemble, gather |
-agra | excessive pain |
-al | pertaining to |
-algesia | sensitivity to pain |
-algia | pain |
-amine | nitrogen compound |
-an | pertaining to |
-apheresis | removal |
-ar | pertaining to |
-arche | beginning |
-arthria | articulate (speak distinctly) |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ase | enzyme |
-asthenia | lack of strength |
-ation | process; condition |
-blast | embryonic; immature cell |
-blastoma | immature tumor (cells) |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-chalasia | relaxation |
-chalasis | relaxation |
-chezia | defecation; elimination of wastes |
-cide | killing |
-cidal | pertaining to killing |
-clasis | to break |
-clast | to break |
-clysis | irrigation; washing |
-coccus (pl: -cocci) | berry-shaped bacterium |
-constriction | narrowing |
-crine | secrete; separate |
-crit | separate |
-cusis | hearing |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-cyte | cell |
-cytosis | abnormal condition of cells; slight increase in numbers |
-derma | skin |
-desis | bind, tie together |
-dilation | widening; stretching; expanding |
-dote | to give |
-drome | to run |
-dynia | pain |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ectasia | dilation; dilatation; widening |
-ectasis | dilation; dilatation; widening |
-ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
-edema | swelling |
-elasma | flat plate |
-ema | condition |
-emesis | vomitting |
-emia | blood condition |
-emic | pertaining to blood condition |
-er | one who |
-esis | action; condition; state of |
-esthesia | feeling (nervous sensation) |
-eurysm | widening |
-ferent | to carry |
-fication | process of making |
-fida | split |
-form | resembling; in the shape of |
-fusion | to pour; to come together |
-gen | substance that produces |
-genesis | producing; forming |
-genic | produced by or in |
-globin | protein |
-globulin | protein |
-grade | to go |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-gravida | pregnant woman |
-hexia | state of |
-ia | condition |
-iac | pertaining to |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ical | pertaining to |
-icle | small |
-ile | pertaining to |
-in, -ine | substance |
-ine | pertaining to |
-ion | process |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ism | process; condition |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-itus | condition |
-ium | structure; tissue |
-kinesia | movement |
-kinesis | movement |
-lapse | slide; fall; sag |
-lemma | sheath, covering |
-lepsy | seizure |
-leptic | pertaining to seizing, taking hold of |
-lexia | word; phrase |
-lithiasis | condition of stones |
-lithotomy | incision (for removal) of a stone |
-logy | study of |
-lucent | to shine |
-lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
-lytic | reducing, destroying; separating; breakdown |
-malacia | softening |
-mania | obsessive preoccupation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-meter | measure |
-mimetic | mimic; copy |
-mission | send |
-mortem | death |
-motor | movement |
-oid | resembling; originating from |
-ole | little; small |
-oma | tumor; mass; fluid collection |
-one | hormone |
-opaque | obscure |
-opia | vision condition |
-opsia | vision condition |
-opsy | view of |
-or | one who |
-orexia | appetite |
-ose | full of; pertaining to; sugar |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-osmia | smell |
-ostosis | condition of bone |
-otia | ear condition |
-ous | pertaining to |
-oxia | oxygen |
-para | to bear, bring forth (live births) |
-parous | to bear, bring forth |
-paresis | weakness |
-pareunia | sexual intercourse |
-partum | birth; labor |
-pathy | disease; emotion |
-penia | deficiency |
-pepsia | digestion |
-pexy | fixation; to put in place |
-phage | eat; swallow |
-phagia | condition of eating; swallowing |
-phasia | speech |
-pheresis | removal |
-phil | attraction for |
-philia | attraction for |
-phobia | fear |
-phonia | voice; sound |
-phoresis | carrying; transmission |
-phoria | to bear, carry; feeling (mental state) |
-phthisis | wasting away |
-phylaxis | protection |
-physis | to grow |
-phyte | plant |
-plakia | plaque |
-plasia | development; formation; growth |
-plasm | formation; structure |
-plastic | pertaining to formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis; palsy |
-plegic | pertaining to paralysis; palsy |
-pnea | breathing |
-poiesis | formation |
-poietin | substance that forms |
-porosis | condition of pores (spaces) |
-prandial | pertaining to eating or mealtime |
-praxia | action |
-ptosis | falling; drooping; prolapse |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage | bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow; discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-salpinx | fallopian tube; oviduct |
-schisis | split |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-scopy | visual examination |
-sis | state of; condition |
-sol | solution |
-some | body |
-somnia | sleep |
-spadia | to tear; cut |
-spasm | sudden contraction of muscles |
-sphyxia | pulse |
-stalsis | contraction |
-stasis | stopping; controlling; placing |
-static | pertaining to stopping or controlling |
-stenosis | tightening; stricture |
-sthenia | strength |
-stitial | pertaining to standing or positioned |
-stomia | condition of the mouth |
-stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
-suppression | stopping |
-tension | pressure |
-therapy | treatment |
-thorax | chest; pleural cavity |
-thymia | mind (condition of) |
-thymic | pertaining to mind |
-tic | pertaining to |
-tocia | labor; birth (condition of) |
-tocin | labor; birth (a substance for) |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | process of cutting |
-tory | pertaining to |
-tresia | opening |
-tripsy | crushing |
-trophy | nourishment; development (condition of) |
-tropia | to turn |
-tropic | pertaining to stimulating |
-tropin | stimulate; to act on |
-type | classification; picture |
-ule | little; small |
-um | structure; tissue; thing |
-uria | urination; condition of urine |
-us | structure; thing |
-verse | to turn |
-version | turning (condition of) |
-y | condition; process |