Greek Suffixes Flashcards
-al
Pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of
-an, -ian
Pertaining to, like, one connected with
-ectomy
Surgical removal of
-emia (-hemia)
Condition of the blood
-genous, -genic
Producing, produced
-hedron
Solid figure with a specific number of faces
-ia
State of, condition of, quality of
-iasis
Diseased condition
-ic, -tic
Pertaining to, like
-ician
Specialist in, practitioner of
-ics, -tics
Art, science, study of
-in, -ine
Chemical substance
-is, -ismus
Condition of, belief in
-ist, -ast
One who
-itis
Inflammation, inflammatory disease of
-ium
Part, lining or enveloping tissue, region
-logy
Study of
-lysis
Dissolution of or by
-ma, -m, -me
Result of the act of
-mania
Madness of or about
-meter
Measure
-metry
Art or science of measuring
-nomy
Science of
-oecious
Having a house or dwelling
-oid, -ode
Having the shape of
-oma
Tumor arising in or composed of, swelling containing, diseased condition
-osis
Diseased condition of, act of, process of
-ous
Full of, pertaining to, like
-pathy
Disease of, treatment of disease of or by
-philous, -philic
Loving, thriving in
-phobia
Abormal fear of
-plasty
Formation, plastic surgical operation
-rrhea
Abnormal flow or discharge of
-sis, -sia, -sy, -se
Act of, process of
-stomy
Making a surgicl opening
-te, -t
One who, that which
-ter
Means of, place for
-therapy
Treatment of or by
-tomy
Surgical cutting of
-uria
Condition of the urine
