Suffixes

-a / -ia / -sia / -asia / -asis

state, condition

-a usually used when base before suffix ends in consonant or (often) e

-ia usually used when base before suffix ends in -i

-ac / -ic / -al

pertaining to, located in

-ase

forms names of enzymes

-ema / -emat-

state, condition

-esis

state, condition, procedure

-etic

adjective forming suffix, often from nouns ending in -esis : pertaining to

-ics / -tics

indicating a particular science or study ; science or study of

-ism

state, condition, quality

-iac

person afflicted with

-iasis

disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of ; often used with the name of a parasitic organism to indicate the infestation of the body by that organism

-in / -ine

form names of substances

-ist

a person interested in

-itic

pertaining to, pertaining to inflammation ; can be used as both adjectives & nouns, as nouns: often indicate a drug or agent

can form nouns referring to a person suffering from a certain disability or condition

-itis

indicating an inflamed condition, inflammation ; plural = -itides

-ium / -eum

membrane, connective tissue

-ma

abnormal/diseased condition

combing forms could be -ma/-m/-mat

-osis

abnormal or diseased condition

-otic

adjective forming suffix from nouns ending in -osis: pertaining to

-sis / -y

state, condition, quality, process, procedure

-tic

adjective forming suffix from nouns ending in -sis: pertaining to ; can be used as both adjectives & nouns, as nouns: often indicate a drug or agent

can form nouns referring to a person suffering from a certain disability or condition

noun-forming suffixes used to form names of chemical substances

-ate

-ide

-ite

-one

-ismus

state, condition ; muscular spasm

-oid / -ode / -id

indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance ; like, resembling

-oma / -omat-

usually tumor ; occasionally disease

plural: -omata

-ose

full of, resembling

can also be used to form names of chemical substance

-ous

pertaining to, characterized by, full of

-us

condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)

-ize

verb-forming

to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in

-ectomy

surgical excision; removal of all (total excision) or part (partial excision) of an organ

-ectasia / -ectasis

dilation, enlargement

-pathy

disease

gen-

substance that produces (something)

-genic / -genous

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

-gram

a record of the activity of an organ (often an x-ray)

-graphy

the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)

a descriptive treatise (on a subject)

-logy

study, science, the study or science of

-logist

one who specializes in a certain study or science

-scopy

examination

-scope

an instrument for examining

-stenosis

the narrowing (of a part of the body)

-ptosis

dropping, sagging (of an organ or part)

-lysis

dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration

-lytic

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjectives from words ending in or containing -lysis)

-malacia

the softening (of tissues) of

-tomy

surgical incision

-rraghia

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

-rrhexis

bursting (of tissues), rupture

-genesis

origin, formation, production, or development of something

-sclerosis

the hardening (of tissues) of

-rrhea

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

-tome

a surgical instrument for cutting

-toxic

poisonous (to an organ)

-toxin

a substance poisonous to (a part of the body)