Greek Suffixes Bioscientific Terminology

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Suffixes are numbered from the lesson they originate from. The type of suffix is included on the answer side. If I wasn't sure what the suffix type was, no type is included.

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41 Terms

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  1. -al

“pertaining to”, “like”, “belonging to”, “having the character of”

AFS

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  1. -an (-ian)

“pertaining to”, “like”, “one connected with”

AFS

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  1. -ous (-ious)

“full of”, “pertaining to”, “like”

AFS

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4. -ic, -tic (-ac after i)

“pertaining to”, “like”

AFS

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  1. ics, -tics

“art, science, or study of”

AFS

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  1. -oid, -ode

“like”, “having the shape of”

AFS

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  1. -emia (hemia)

“condition of the blood”

Compound

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  1. -logy

“science of”, “systematic study of”

Compound

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  1. -lysis

“dissolution of or by” (“surgical division or separation”

Compound

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  1. -mania

“madness for or about”

Compound

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  1. -pathy

“disease of”, “treatment of disease of or by”

Compound

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  1. -phobia

“abnormal fear of”

Compound

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  1. -therapy

“treatment of or by”

Compound

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  1. -tomy

“surgical operation on”, “surgical cutting of”

Compound

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  1. -ectomy

“surgical removal of”

Compound

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  1. -uria

“condition of the urine”

Compound

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  1. -genous

  1. -genic

“producing”

“produced”

Compound

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  1. -hedron

“solid figure having a specified number of faces”

Compound

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  1. -iasis

“diseased condition” (often refers to an infestation by parasites)

Compound

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  1. -meter

  1. -metry

“instrument for measuring”, “measure”

“art or science of measuring”

Compound

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  1. -nomy

“science of”, “system of laws governing”

Compound

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  1. -oecious

“having a house or dwelling”

Compound

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  1. -philious, -philic

“loving”, “thriving in”, “pollinated by the agency of”

Compound

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  1. -plasty

“formation”, “plastic surgical operation”

Compound

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  1. -rrhea

“abnormal flow or discharge of”

Compound

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  1. -stomy

“the making of a surgical opening”

Compound

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  1. -ter

“means of”, “place for”

NFS

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  1. -ist, -ast

“one who”

Agent NFS

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  1. -te, -t, -tes

“one who does”, “that which does”

Agent NFS

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  1. -ician

“specialist in”, “practitioner of”

*Old French, not Greek

NFS

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  1. -ia, -y

"state of”, “condition of”, “quality”

Instance or agent NFS

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  1. - ism, -ismus

“condition of”, “belief in”

Instance or agent NFS

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  1. -sis, -sia, -sy, -se

“act of”, “process of” (sometimes “result of the act of”

Instance or abstract NFS

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  1. -ma, -m, -me

“result of the act of”

Plural is “-mata”, adjective is “-matic”

NFS

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  1. -oma

“tumor arising in or composed of”

related to -ma

NFS

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  1. -osis

“diseased condition of”, “act of”, “process of”

related to -sis

NFS

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  1. -itis

“inflammation of”, “inflammatory disease of”

NFS

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  1. -in, ine

“chemical substance”

*Latin derivation

NFS

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  1. -ium

“part”, “lining or enveloping tissue”, “region”

NFS

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  1. -us

“individual”, “person”

*Latinized version

NFS

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  1. -idae, -ida, -id

“descended from”, “related to”

technical endings used in taxonomy

NFS