Greek suffixes - noun forming Flashcards
-ter
means of, place for
-ist, -ast
one who
-te. -t
one who, that which (-tes)
-ician
specialist in, practitioner
-ia, -y
state of, condition of, quality of
-ism, -ismus
condition of, belief in
-sis, -sia, -sy, -se
act of, process of (sometimes result of the act of” (the adjectival form of this suffix is -tic or -stic meaning pertaining to the act or process of”
-ma, -m, -me
result of the act of
-oma
tumor arising in or composed of; swelling containing, rarely “diseased condition” or “result of” – if there is a part after -oma; it becomes -omat
-osis
diseased condition of, act of, process of
-itis
inflammation of, inflammatory disease of,
-in, -ine
chemical substance (latin derivation)
-ium
part, lining or enveloping tissue, region
-us or -os
individual, person
-idae, -ida, -id
descended from, related to
