Suffixes start with a dash (-suffix).
Suffixes
Prefixes, Combining Forms, and Suffixes
Pertaining to
- -ac
- pertaining to
- -al
- pertaining to
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -eal
- pertaining to
- -ial
- pertaining to
- -ical
- pertaining to
- -ic
- pertaining to
- -ine
- pertaining to
- -ior
- pertaining to
- -ory
- pertaining to
- -ous
- pertaining to
- -tic
- pertaining to
Abnormal Conditions
- -ago
- abnormal condition, disease
- -esis
- abnormal condition, disease
- -ia
- abnormal condition, disease
- -iasis
- abnormal condition, disease
- -ion
- condition
- -ism
- condition, state of
- -nic
- pertaining to
- -osis
- abnormal condition, disease
Noun Endings
- -a
- noun ending
- -ae
- plural noun ending
- -e
- noun ending
- -i
- plural noun ending
- -um
- singular noun ending
- -us
- singular noun ending
- -y
- noun ending
Appendix
A
- -a
- noun ending
- -able
- capable of, able to
- -ac
- pertaining to
- -acious
- characterized by
- -ago
- abnormal condition, disease
- -agra
- excessive pain, seizure
- -aise
- comfort, ease
- -al
- pertaining to
- -algia
- pain, suffering, painful condition
- all/o, all-
- other, different from normal, reversal
- -amine
- nitrogen compound
- -an
- characteristic of, pertaining to
- -ancy
- state of
- -apheresis
- removal
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -arche
- beginning
- -aria
- connected with
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -ase
- enzyme
- -asthenia
- weakness, lack of strength
- -ation
- state or action
B
- -blast
- embryonic, immature, formative element
C
- -cele
- hernia, tumor, swelling
- -centesis
- surgical puncture to remove fluid
- -cide
- causing death
- -clasis
- break down
- -crasia
- a mixture or blending
- crin/o, -crine
- to secrete
- -crit
- to separate
- -cusis
- hearing
- cyt/o, -cyte
- cell
D
- -derma, dermat/o, derm/o
- skin
- -desis
- to bind, tie together
- dips/o, -dipsia
- thirst
- -dote
- what is given
- -drome
- to run, running
- -duct
- opening
- -dynia
- pain
E
- -e
- noun ending
- -eal
- pertaining to
- -ectasis
- stretching, dilation, enlargement
- -ectomy
- surgical removal, cutting out, excision
- -ectopy
- displacement
- -edema
- swelling
- -emesis
- vomiting
- -emia
- blood, blood condition
- -er
- one who
- -esis
- abnormal condition, disease
- -esthesia
- sensation, feeling
- -eurysm
- widening
F
- -fic
- making, producing, forming
- -fication
- process of making
- -fida
- split
- -form, form/o
- resembling, in the shape of
- -fusion
- to come together
G
- gen-, gen/o, -gen
- producing, forming
- -gene
- production, origin, formation
- -genic, -genesis
- creation, reproduction
- -genous
- producing
- -globin
- protein
- -gram
- a picture or record
- -graph
- a picture or record, machine for producing a record
- -graphy
- the process of producing a picture or record
- -gravida
- pregnant
H
I
- -ia
- abnormal condition, disease; also the plural of a singular noun ending in -ium
- -ial
- pertaining to
- -iasis
- abnormal condition, disease
- -iatrics
- field of medicine, healing
- -iatrist
- specialist
- -iatry
- field of medicine
- -ible
- capable of, able to
- -ic
- pertaining to
- -ical
- pertaining to
- -ician
- specialist
- -iferous
- bearing, carrying, producing
- -ific
- making, producing
- -iform
- shaped or formed like, resembling
- -ile
- capable of
- -in
- a substance or chemical
- -ine
- pertaining to, a substance or chemical
- -ion
- condition, action, process, state
- -ion
- pertaining to
- -is
- noun ending
- -ism
- condition, state of
- -ist
- a person who practices, specialist
- -isy
- noun ending
- -itis
- inflammation
- -ium
- structure, tissue
- -ive
- performs, tends toward
- -ize
- to make, to treat
J
K
- -kinesis
- movement
L
- lact/i, lact/o
- milk
- -lepsy
- seizure
- -leptic
- to seize, take hold of
- lex/o, -lexia
- word, phrase
- -lithesis
- slipping
- lith/o, -lith
- stone, calculus
- -lithiasis
- presence of stones
- -logy, -log
- study of
- -lysis
- breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
- -lyst
- agent that causes lysis or loosening
- -lytic
- to reduce, destroy
M
- -malacia
- abnormal softening
- -mania
- obsessive preoccupation, madness
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -meter
- measure, instrument used to measure
- -metrist
- one who measures
- -metry
- to measure
- micr/o, micro-
- small
- -mission
- to send
- -mnesia
- memory
N
- -necrosis
- tissue death
O
- -oid
- like, resembling
- -ologist
- specialist
- -ology
- the science or study of
- -oma
- tumor, neoplasm
- -one
- hormone
- -opaque
- obscure, not transparent
- -opia
- vision condition
- -opsia
- vision, view of
- -opsy, opt/i, opt/o, optic/o
- eye, vision
- -orexia
- appetite
- -ory
- pertaining to
- -ose
- full of, pertaining to, sugar
- -osis
- abnormal condition, disease
- -osmia
- smell, odor
- oss/e, oss/i
- bone
- -ostomy
- the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
- -otomy
- cutting, surgical incision
- -ous
- pertaining to
P
- -para
- to give birth
- -paresis
- partial or incomplete paralysis
- -pareunia
- sexual intercourse
- -parous
- having borne one or more children
- -partum
- childbirth, labor
- path/o, -pathy
- disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
- -pause
- stopping
- -penia
- deficiency, lack, too few
- -pexy
- surgical fixation
- -phage
- cell that destroys, eat, swallow
- -phagia
- eating, swallowing
- -phasia
- to speak or speech
- -pheresis
- removal
- -philia, phil/o
- attraction to, like, love
- -phobia
- abnormal fear
- -phoresis
- carrying, transmission
- -phoria
- to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
- -phylactic
- protective, preventive
- -phylaxis
- protection
- -physis
- to grow
- plak/o, -plakia
- plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
- -plasia
- formative material of cells
- -plastic
- pertaining to formation
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -plegia
- paralysis, stroke
- -plegic
- one affected with paralysis
- -pnea
- breathing
- -poiesis
- to make
- -porosis
- lessening in density, porous condition
- -ptosis
- droop, sag, prolapse, fall
- -ptysis
- spitting, coughing up
R
- -rrhage, -rrhagia
- abnormal excessive fluid discharge
- -rrhaphy
- surgical suturing
- -rrhea
- flow, discharge
- -rrhexis
- rupture
S
- -salpinx
- fallopian (uterine) tube
- -sclerosis
- abnormal hardening
- -scope
- instrument for visual examination
- -scopic
- pertaining to visual examination
- -scopy
- visual examination
- -sis
- abnormal condition, disease
- -sol
- solution
- -spasm
- sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping
- -stalsis
- (contraction, constriction)
- -stasis, -static
- control, maintenance of a constant level
- -stenosis
- abnormal narrowing
- -sthenia
- strength
- -stomosis, -stomy
- furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening
- -surgery
- operative procedure
T
- -thorax
- chest, pleural cavity
- -thymia
- a state of mind
- -tic
- pertaining to
- -tion
- process, state or quality of
- toc/o, -tocin
- labor, birth
- -tomy
- process of cutting
- -tripsy
- to crush
- troph/o, -trophy
- development, nourishment
- -tropia
- to turn
- -tropin
- to stimulate, act on
- -type
- classification, picture
U
- -ula
- small, little
- -ule
- small one
- -um
- singular noun ending
- -uresis
- urination
- -uria
- urination, urine
- -us
- thing, singular noun ending
V
- -verse, -version
- to turn
X
Y
- -y
- noun ending