| –al |
pertaining to |
| –algia |
pain |
| –ant |
state of being |
| –ar |
pertaining to |
| –asis |
state of being |
| –ate |
chemical name ending |
| –ation |
word ending that turns a verb into a noun |
| –cele |
hernia |
| –centesis |
puncture |
| –dynia |
pain |
| –ea |
anatomical word ending |
| –eal |
pertaining to |
| –ectomy |
cutting out of |
| –ellum |
diminutive suffix (cerebellum = "little brain") |
| –emia |
present in blood, indicating disease |
| –ent |
word ending that turns a verb into a noun |
| –etic |
a drug or condition causing a process |
| –gram |
a record of a test or procedure |
| –graphy |
a test or procedure |
| –ia |
disease |
| –ial |
pertaining to |
| –iasis |
presence of an abnormality |
| –iatrist |
clinician who studies |
| –iatry |
the act of studying |
| –ic |
pertaining to |
| –ication |
pertaining to + word ending that turns a verb into a noun |
| –icle |
diminutive suffix |
| –ient |
word ending which indicates an ongoing condition |
| –ing |
at the end of a verb, means "ongoing" |
| –ion |
word ending that turns a verb into a noun |
| –ism |
belief; process word ending |
| –ist |
someone who studies |
| –itis |
inflammation |
| –ity |
turns a noun into a state of being |
| –ium |
anatomical structure |
| –ive |
to go |
| –ization |
turns a noun into a verb and then back into a noun (which is weird) |
| –logist |
one who studies |
| –logy |
study of |
| –lysis |
breaking down; destroying |
| –lytic |
substance that causes a breakdown or destruction |
| –malacia |
softening due to disease |
| –meter |
instrument for measuring |
| –metry |
the act of measuring |
| –oid |
looks like; resembles |
| –ology |
study of; o added to make it sound better |
| –oma |
tumor |
| –on |
unit of anatomical structure |
| –ory |
pertaining to |
| –osis |
process |
| –ous |
word ending that turns a noun into an adjective |
| –pathy |
disease process |
| –penia |
low levels of |
| –pexy |
surgical fixation |
| –plasty |
surgical revision |
| –plegia |
inability to move |
| –ptosis |
drooping |
| –rrhag[e] |
abnormal flow |
| –rrhaphy |
suturing |
| –rrhea |
abnormal flow |
| –scope |
instrument for looking inside |
| –spasm |
involuntary contraction |
| –stenosis |
abnormal narrowing of an opening |
| –stomy |
creating an opening (or "mouth") with surgery |
| –tatic |
pertaining to stretching |
| –ter |
noun ending |
| –tic |
pertaining to; t added to make it sound better |
| –tome |
instrument for cutting |
| –tomy |
cutting |
| –trophic |
pertaining to nourishment or growth |
| –trophy |
nourishment, growth |
| –us |
anatomical structure word ending |
| –y |
disease |
