SUFFIX
1. –ac - pertaining to
2. -agon - assemble, gather together
3. -agra - sudden onslaught of acute pain
4. -al - pertaining to
5. -algesia - hypersensitivity to pain
6. -algia - pain
8. -arche - beginning
9. -arthria - articulate
10. -ary - pertaining to
11. -ase - enzyme
12. -asthenia - weakness
13. -ation - process
14. -blast - immature, embryonic
15. -cele - hernia, swelling
16. -centesis - surgical puncture to remove fluid
17. -chalasia - relaxation
18. -chezia - defecation, elimination of wastes
19. -cide - to kill
20. -cise - to cut
21. -clasis - to break
22. -clast - to break
23. -clysis - irrigation, washing
24. -coccus - berry-shaped
25. -constriction - stricture, narrowing
26. -crit - to separate
27. -cusis - hearing
28. -cyesis - pregnancy
29. -cyte - cell
30. -derma - skin
31. -desis - to bind, tie together
32. -dilation - expansion, widening, stretching
33. -dote -that which is given
34. -drome - to run together
35. -dynia - pain
36. -eal - pertaining to
37. -ectasia - dilation, stretching, dilatation, expansion
38. -ectasis - dilation, stretching, dilatation, expansion
39. -ectomy - excision, removal, resection
40. -edema - swelling
41. -elasma - flat plate
42. -emesis - vomiting
43. -emia - blood condition
44. -er - one who
45. -esthesia - feeling, nervous sensation
46. -eurysm - widening
47. -ferent - to carry
48. -fida - split
49. -form - resembling, in the shape of
50. -fusion - to pour
51. -gen - producing, forming
52. -genesis - condition of producing, forming
53. -genic - pertaining to producing, produced by
54. -globin - type of protein
55. -globulin - type of proteins
56. -grade - to go
57. -gram - record
58. -graph - instrument for recording
59. -graphy - process of recording
60. -gravida - pregnancy
61. -hexia - habit
62. -ia - condition
63. -iasis - abnormal condition
64. -ic - pertaining to
65. -ical - pertaining to
66. -in - a substance
67. -ine - a substance
68. -ion - process
69. -ior - pertaining to
70. -ist - specialist
71. -itis - inflammation
72. -ium - structure, tissue, thing
73. -kinesia - movement
74. -kinesis - movement
75. -lapse - to slide, fall, sag
76. -lemma - sheath covering
77. -lepsy - seizure
78. -leptic - to seize hold of
79. -lexia - phrase
80. -listhesis - slipping
81. -lithiasis - condition of stone
82. -lithotomy - incision (for removal) of a stone
83. -logy - study of
84. -lucent - to shine
85. -lysis - destruction, breakdown, separation
86. -malacia - softening
87. -mania - obsessive preoccupation
88. -megaly - enlargement
89. -meter - measure
90. -metry - process of measurement
91. -mimetic - mimic, copy
92. -mission - to send
93. -oid - resembling
94. -ole - little, small
95. -oma - tumor, mass, swelling
96. -one - hormone
97. -opaque - obscure
98. -opia - vision
99. -opsia - vision
100 -opsy - process of viewing
101 -or - one who
102 -orexia - appetite
103 -ose - full of, pertaining to, sugar
104 -osis - condition usually abnormal
105 -osmia - smell
106 -ostomy - making of an opening
107 -otia - ear condition
108 -otomy - cutting operation
109 -ous - pertaining to
110 -oxia - oxygen
111 -paresis - slight paralysis
112 -pareunia - intercourse
113 -parous - to bear, bring forth
114. -partum - birth, labor
115. -pathy - disease condition
116. -penia - deficiency
117. -pepsia - digestion
118. -pexy - fixation
119. -phagia - eating, swallowing
120. -phasia - speech
120. -pheresis - removal, carry away, withdrawal
121. -philia - attraction
122. -phobia - fear
123. -phonia - voice, sound
124. -phoresis - carrying, transmission
125. -phoria - to bear, carry, feeling
126. -phylaxis - protection
127. -physis - to grow
128. -plakia - plaque
129. -plasia - development, formation growth
130. -plasm - development, formation
131. -plasty - surgical repair
132. -plegia - paralysis
133. -pnea - breathing
134. -poiesis - formation
135. -porosis - lessening in density
136. -porosis - pore, passage, lessening in density
137. -prandial - meal
138. -praxia - action
139. -ptosis - drooping, sagging, prolapse, fall
140. -ptysis - spitting
141. -resection - excision
142. -rrhage - bursting forth of blood
143. -rrhaphy - suture
144. -rrhea - flow, discharge
145. -salpinx - uterine tube
146. -sclerosis - hardening
147. -scope - instrument to visually examine
148. -scopy - process of visually examining
149. -sect - to cut
150. -sis - state of
151. -sol - solution
152. -somes - bodies
153. -somnia - state of sleep
154. -spasm - sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles
155. -sphyxia - pulse
156. -stalsis - contraction
157. -stasis - stopping, controlling
158. -stenosis - tightening, stricture, narrowing
159. -sthenia - strength
160. -stitial - space
161. -stomy - opening to form a mouth
162. –suppression - to stop
163. -therapy - treatment
164. -thorax - pleural cavity, chest
165. -thymia - mind
166. -tic - pertaining to
167. -tocia - labor, birth
168. -tome - instrument to cut
169. -tomy - process of cutting, incision
170. -tresia - opening
171. -tripsy - crushing
172. trophy - nourishment, development
173. -tropin - stimulating the function of
174. -type - model, antibody
175. -ule - little, small
176. -um - structure, tissue, thing
177. -uria - urination, urine condition
178. -version - act of turning
179. -y - condition, process