Lesson 2 Suffixes

-asia, asis

noun (state of, condition of, not translate)

-ema

noun (state of condition of, not translate)

-esis

noun (state of, condition of, sometimes a procedure)

-ism

noun (state of, condition of, not translate)

-us

noun (fetal condition or sometimes a body part or state/condition)

-ismus

noun (can refer to a muscular spasm)

-ics, -tics

noun (science or study)

-oid

noun (thing having a specific shape of resemblance)

-oma

noun (tumor (sometimes eye disease) )

-omata

noun (plural tumors)

-ose

noun (chemical substance, especially a sugar)

-ase

noun (enzyme)

-al

adj (pertaining to, relating to, located in, occuring)

-etic

adj (relating to; adj of esis)

-ous

adj (pertaining to, characterized, having, full of, containing)

-oid

adj (shaped like, resembling)

-ize

verb (to, to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in)