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-able, -ible, -ble

The power to be

-ac, -ar, -ary, -eal, -iac, -ial, -ile, -tic

Pertaining to

-ad

Toward; in the direction of

-aemia, -emia

Pertaining to blood

-age

Put in motion; to do

-ago

Attack; diseased condition

-agra

Seizure; severe pain

-aise

Comfort; ease

-algia

Pain

-arche

Beginning

-ase

Enzyme

-asthenia

Weakness

-atonic

Lack of tone or strength

-bin

Two; double; twice

-blast

Embryonic cell or a structure

-capnia

Carbon dioxide

-cele

Swelling; hernia; cyst; tumor

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-cidal

Death

-cide

Destroying; killing

-clast, -classis

Break

-clysis

Irrigation

-coccus

Bacteria (round)

-coel

Hollow

-crasia

Mixture

-crine

Separate; secrete

-crit

Separate

-cytosis

Condition of cells

-desis

Bind; surgical fixation

-dipsia

Thirst

-drome

Run together

-duct

Opening

-ectasia, -ectasis

Expansion; dilatation; distention

-ectomy

A cutting out

-emesis

Vomiting

-emia

Condition of the blood

-esis

Abnormal state or condition

-esthesia

Sensation; feeling

-exia, exis

Condition

-facient

Producing

-ferent, -ferous

Carrying

-fic

Forming; producing

-form

Form; figure; shape

-fuge

Drive away

-fusion

Pour

-gene

Production; origin; formation

-genesis; -genic, -ific, -iferous

Producing

-globulin

Protein

-gog, -gogue

To make flow

-grade

To go

-gram

A tracing; a mark

-graph

A writing; a record

-graphy

Process of recording

-iasis, -igo

Denoting a condition or pathological state

-id, -iform

Denoting shape or resemblance

-in

Substance (specialized function)

-ism

State; process; condition

-ite, -ia

Of the nature of

-itis

Denoting inflammation

-ium

Structure

-kinesis

Motion

-lepsy

Seizure

-lith, -lite

Calculus, stone

-logia, -logy

Denoting discourse, science, or study of

-lysis

Dissolution; destruction

-lytic

To destroy; reduce

-malacia

Softening

-mania

Obsessive

-megaly

Enlargement

-mimetic

Copy; mimic

-necrosis

Tissue death

-oid

Denoting form or resemblance

-ologist

Specialist

-ology

Study of

-oma

Denoting a tumor, usually benign

-osis

Denoting any morbid process; abnormal condition

-osmia

Smell; odor

-ostomosis, -ostomy, -stomy

Outlet; to furnish with an opening or mouth

-otomy

Cut into

-para

Bring forth; bear

-paresis

Slight or incomplete paralysis

-partum

Birth; labor

-pathy

Morbid condition; disease

-penia

Deficiency

-pexy

Surgical fixation

-phage

To eat

-pharesis

Remove

-philia

Love of; increase

-phonia

Voice; sound

-phoresis

Carrying; transmission

-phoria

Feeling; mental state; to bear

-phylaxix

Prevention; protection

-physis

Grow

-phyte

Plant

-plakia

Scale; thin; flat layer

-plasty, -plasia

Molding or shaping

-plegia, -plegic

Paralysis

-pnea, -pneic

Breathing

-poiesis

Formation

-prandial

Meal