Suffixes
Rows Returned: 114
| Suffix | Definition | Translation | Sound Clip |
|---|---|---|---|
| -a | condition of | ||
| -ac | pertaining to | ||
| -al | pertaining to | ||
| -algesia | pain | ||
| -algia | pain | ||
| -ar | pertaining to | ||
| -ary | pertaining to | ||
| -asthenia | weakness | ||
| -ate | to act like | ||
| -blast | germ cell | ||
| -capnia | carbon dioxide | ||
| -cele | herniation, swelling, tumor, protrusion | ||
| -centesis | surgical puncture of a cavity for removal of fluid | ||
| -cide | kill | ||
| -cise | cut | ||
| -clast, -clasia | to break | ||
| -cleisis | closure, occlusion | ||
| -coccus | berry shaped bacteria | ||
| -cusis | hearing | ||
| -cyte | cell | ||
| -desis | binding, fusion | ||
| -dynia | pain | ||
| -eal | pertaining to | ||
| -ectasis | expansion, dilation, distention | ||
| -ectomy | surgical removal of gland or organ, excision | ||
| -edema | swelling | ||
| -emesis | vomiting | ||
| -emia | blood condition | ||
| -er | one who | ||
| -esthesia | sensation, perception, feeling | ||
| -genesis, -gen | condition of, producing, origin of | ||
| -genic | producing | ||
| -globin | protein | ||
| -gram | record or x-ray, that which is written or recorded | ||
| -graph | instrument to record | ||
| -graphia | to write | ||
| -graphy | process of recording or writing | ||
| -gravida | pregnancy | ||
| -ia | condition | ||
| -iac | pertaining to | ||
| -iasis | state or condition of, formation | ||
| -ic | pertaining to | ||
| -ism | practice, system, doctrine, theory or principle | ||
| -ist | one who specializes in | ||
| -itis | inflammation | ||
| -ium | structure, tissue | ||
| -ize | to make into, to subject to | ||
| -kinesis | movement | ||
| -lepsy | seizure, convulsion | ||
| -logist | one who studies | ||
| -logy | study of | ||
| -lysis | loosen, dissolve, decomposition of, separation, dissolution, separation from adhesions; may be physical or chemical | ||
| -malacia | softening of tissues or organ | ||
| -megaly | enlargement | ||
| -meter | measure | ||
| -oid | resembling item designated in first part of word | ||
| -ole | small | ||
| -oma | tumor, swelling | ||
| -opia | vision | ||
| -opsia | vision | ||
| -opsy | to view | ||
| -or | one who | ||
| -ose | pertaining to sugar | ||
| -osis | condition of, abnormal condition, abnormal increase | ||
| -osmia | smell | ||
| -ous | pertaining to | ||
| -paresis | slight paralysis | ||
| -pathy | disease, morbid condition | ||
| -penia | too few, decrease, abnormal reduction in deficiency | ||
| -pepsia | digestion | ||
| -pexy | surgical fixation | ||
| -phagia | to swallow, to eat | ||
| -phasia | speech | ||
| -phobia | fear, abnormal aversion to | ||
| -phonia | voice, sound | ||
| -phoresis | migration of ions through a membrane. Prefix indicates direction as in diaphoresis, profuse sweating | ||
| -plasia | formation, development | ||
| -plasty | surgical repair, plastic repair | ||
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke | ||
| -pnea | breathing | ||
| -poeitic | making or producing | ||
| -poiesis | formation | ||
| -porosis | pores, cavities | ||
| -ptosis | downward displacement, dropping of an organ | ||
| -ptysis | spitting | ||
| -rhage | rapid discharge, hemorrhage | ||
| -rhagia | rapid discharge, hemorrhage | ||
| -rhaphy | suture | ||
| -rhea | flow, discharge | ||
| -rhexis | rupture | ||
| -salpinx | fallopian tubes, oviducts, uterine tubes | ||
| -sclerosis | hardening | ||
| -scope | instrument to examine | ||
| -scopy | visual exam | ||
| -spasm | contraction of muscles, twitching | ||
| -stasis | control, maintaining constant level | ||
| -staxis | hemorrhage | ||
| -stenosis | narrowing | ||
| -stomy | surgical creation of artificial opening | ||
| -taxia | muscular coordination | ||
| -tension | pressure | ||
| -therapy | treatment | ||
| -thorax | chest | ||
| -tic | pertaining to | ||
| -tion | denotes act, process, result, effect or cause | ||
| -tocia | childbirth, labor | ||
| -tome | instrument to cut, or cutting | ||
| -tomy | incision | ||
| -tripsy | intentional surgical crushing | ||
| -trophy | nutrition | ||
| -tropia | turning | ||
| -ule | small | ||
| -um | structure, tissue | ||
| -y | condition, process |