AHP Suffixes

-able

able to be

-acusis

abnormal condition of hearing

-ad

in the direction of; toward

-ade

action, process

-age

collection; group

-amnios

amniotic fluid

-ance, -ancy, -ence

state

-arche

beginning

-ase

enzyme

-ate

composed of; pertaining to

-ated

composed of; pertaining to a condition

-ating

pertaining to having

-ation, -tion

being; having; process

-ator, -er, -or, -tor

person or thing that produces or does

-ature

system composed of

-blast

immature cell

-body

structure; thing

-cele

hernia

-centesis

procedure to puncture

-cephalus

head

-ception

having a receptor

-cere

waxy substance

-clast

cell that breaks down

-cle, -il, -ole, -ula, -ule

small thing

-clonus

rapid contracting and relaxing

-cnemius

leg

-coccus

spherical bacterium

-collis

condition of the neck

-crine

pertaining to secreting

-crit

separation of

-dactyly

condition of fingers or toes

-derma

skin

-desis

procedure to fuse together

-didymis

testis

-dose

measuring quantity

-drome

a running

-duct

duct, tube

-ectasis

condition of dilation

-ectomy

surgical removal

-edema

swelling

-ee

person or thing who is the object of an action

-ema

condition

-emesis

abnormal condition of vomiting

-emia

condition of the blood; substance in the blood

-emic

pertaining to a condition of the blood, pertaining to a substance in the blood

-encephaly

condition of the brain

-ency

condition of being; condition of having

-eon

person who performs

-ery

process

-esis, -osis, -sis

abnormal condition; process

-ety, -ity

condition; state

-flux

flow

-form

having the form of

-frice

cleaning agent

-geminy

action of pairing

-gen

that which produces

-gene

gene

-glia

group of cells that support

-grade

pertaining to going

-graft

tissue for implant or transplant

-gram

picture; record

-graph

instrument used to record

-graphy

process of recording

-gravida

pregnancy

-hypophysis

pituitary gland

-iatry

medical treatment

-ice, -ty

quality, state

-ician

skilled expert; skilled professional

-ics

knowledge; practice

-id

origin; resembling; source

-ide

chemically modified structure

-immune

immune response

-in

substance

-ing

doing

-ion

action; condition

-ism

disease from a specific cause; process

-ist

person or thing that specializes in

-istry

process related to a specialty

-ite

thing that pertains to

-itian

skilled expert; skilled professional

-ition

process of making

-itis

infection of, inflammation of

-ium

chemical element, structure

-ix

thing

-ization

process of creating; process of inserting; process of making

-izer

thing that affects in a particular way

-kinesis

abnormal condition of movement

-kine

movement

-lalia

abnormal condition of speech

-lepsy

seizure

-listhesis

abnormal condition of slipping

-lith

stone

-logy

study of

-lysis

process to break down or destroy

-lyte

dissolved substance

-megaly

enlargement

-ment

action; state

-meter, -opter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-mileusis

process of carving