Lesson 7: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes I Flashcards
-ter
means of, place for (e.g. ureter)
-ist, -ast
one who (e.g. antagonist)
-te, -t
one who, that which (-tes) (e.g. athlete)
-ician
specialist in, practitioner of (e.g. dietician)
ACTIN-
ray (e.g. actinic)
ARGYR-
silver (e.g. argyria)
BA-
to step, to go, to walk (e.g. basis)
BROM-
stench, bromine (e.g. brominism)
CHOL(E)-
bile, gall (e.g. choleric)
CLAS-
to break (e.g. arthroclasia)
CRANI-
cranium (e.g. amphicrania)
CRI-
to separate, to distingush (e.g. critic)
CRIN-
to secrete (e.g. criterion)
EURY(S)-
wide (e.g. eurysome)
HEM-, HEMAT-, (HAEM-, HEAMAT-)
blood (e.g. haematobic)
HIDRO(S)-
sweat (e.g. synhidrosis)
LITH-, -LITE
stone (e.g. cryolite)
MYI-
fly (e.g. myiasis)
OP-, OPT-
eye, to see (e.g. myopia)
PROSOP-
face
ORTH-
straight, correct (e.g. orthoptic)
PHA-, PHAN-
to appear, to show (e.g. metaphase)
RHE-, -RRH
to flow, current (e.g. rheophore)
SCOP-
to view (e.g. endoscope)
STA-
to stand, to stop, to fix, to regulate (e.g. ananastasia)
STYL-
pillar (e.g. styloid)