Greek Suffixes 2 Flashcards
-ete
a person or thing doing
-ician
specialist in, practitioner of
-ics, -tics
art, science, or study of
-ist
one who practices or partakes in
-ter
means of, place for
-isk, -iscus
little
-ium, -ion
little
-idium, idion
little
-algia
condition of having pain in
-emia
condition of the blood
-mania
madness, obsession
-opia
condition of the vision
-philia
intense attraction to or love for
-phobia
intense fear of or aversion to
-phoria
carrying or transporting
-sthenia
condition of strength
-tropia
turning or inclination
-ectomy
cutting out, removal
-grahpy
writing, imaging
-logy
study or science of
-nomy
study or science of
-pathy
disease, disorder, feeling
-plasty
shaping, reconstruction
-stomy
cutting of an opening or mouth
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
cutting
-trophy
nourishment
-genesis
birth, origin
-kinesis
movement
-lysis
dissolution, breaking apart
-physis
growth
-stasis
condition, standing
-scope
instrument for viewing
-some
body, structure
-type
form, model, example