Suffixes - Med Terms from Greek and Latin Roots

-a

abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition

-ac

(rare): adjective-forming suffix: pertaining to, located in

-ia

abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition

-iac

(rare): noun-forming suffix: person afflicted with

-iasis

abstract noun-forming suffix: disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presense of; often used with the name of a parasitic organism to indicate infestation of the body by that organiism. When used with lith- (Gr. lithos, stone): formation and/or presense of calculi in the bdoy

-ic

adjective-forming suffix: pertaining to, located in; words ending in -ic can be used as both adjectives and nouns, and as nouns, often indicate a drug or agent. Also can be used to refer to a person suffering from a certain disability or condition.

-in, -ine

noun-forming suffix: form names of substances

-ist

noun-forming suffix: a person intersted in: (insert profession here)

-itic

adjective-forming suffix: pertaining to; pertaining to inflammation; words ending in -itic can be used as both adjectives and nouns and, as nouns, often indicate a drug or agent

-itis

noun-forming suffix: indicating an inflamed condition; inflammation

-itides

plural form for nouns ending in -itis

-ium (rarely -eum)

noun-forming suffix: membrane, connective tissue

-tic

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

Words ending in -itic or -tie can form nouns fererring to a person suffering from a certain disability or condition and, as such, -itic and -tic are noun-forming suffixes

-y

abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition, quality, process, procedure,

-al

a Latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaiing to, located in:

-ase

forms names of enzymes

-asia, -asis (rare)

form abstract nouns: state, condition

-ema

forms abstract nouns: state, condition. The combining form of nouns ending in -ema is -emat-

-esis

forms abstract nouns: state, condition, procedure

-etic

forms abstract nouns: state, condition, procedure

-ics, -tics

forms nouns indicating a particular science or study: science or study of

-ism

forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality

-ismus

forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality

-oid, (rarely), -ode, -id

forms both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling

oma

forms abstract nouns: usually tumor; occasionally disease. The combining form of nouns ending in -oma is -omat; the plural is often -omata

-ose

a Latin-derived adjectival suffix; also used to frm names of chemical substances: full of, resembling

-ous

a Latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, characterized by, full of

-us

a Latin noun-forming ending: condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)