Suffix | Meaning |
-ic, -ical | pertaining to |
-al, -eal | pertaining to |
-ose, -ous | pertaining to |
-ac, -iac | pertaining to |
-ar, -ary | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
-ior | pertaining to |
-oid | resembling |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-gram | record |
-ia | condition |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-emia | blood condition |
-y | condition or process |
-um, -ium | tissue or structure |
-coccus, -cocci | berry-shaped bacteria |
-cyte | cell |
-genesis | condition of producing, forming |
-genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or in |
-pathy | disease condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-penia | deficiency |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | development, formation, growth |
-poiesis | production, formation of |
-ectasia | dilation, expansion of |
-trophy | nourishment, development |
-tropic | changing |
-cle | small |
-ule | small |
-olus | small |
-ole | small |
-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-megaly | enlargement |
-ema | swelling |
-oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
-cele | hernia |
-stasis | stopping, controlling, cessation of any process |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation, decomposing |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-malacia | softening |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
-rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-logy | study of |
-er, -or | one who |
-ist | specialist |
-therapy | treatment |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-tomy | incision, to cut into |
-stomy | opening to form a mouth |
-ectomy | removal, excision, resection |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-globin | protein |
-ion | process |
-sis | state of |
-blast | embyronic, immature |
-cyesis | pregnancy |
-drome | to run |
-fusion | coming together, to pour |
-gen | producing, forming |
-lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
-meter | to measure |
-mission | to send |
-partum | birth, labor |
-phoria | to bear, carry; feeling |
-physis | to grow |
-plasm | development, formation |
-pnea | breathing |
-ase | enzyme |
-chezia | defecation, elimination of wastes |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-prandial | meal (eg postprandial) |
-ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilatation, dilation |
-emesis | vomiting |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles |
-stasis | to stop; control |
-stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
-tresia | opening |
-sol | solution |
-amine | nitrogen-containing compound |
-phylaxis | protection |
-dote | what is given |
-somes | bodies |
-type | picture, classification |
-ase | enzyme |