Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-ac, -ic, -tic
A
pertaining to
2
Q
-ize
A
to do; to become; to use; to engage in
3
Q
-a
A
state or condition of
4
Q
-esis
A
state or condition of
5
Q
-ia
A
state or condition of
6
Q
-iasis
A
state or condition of
7
Q
-ism
A
state or condition of
8
Q
-osis
A
state or condition of
9
Q
-sia
A
state or condition of
10
Q
-iac
A
one who is afflicted with
11
Q
-id
A
(forms a noun or adj) resembling
12
Q
-oid
A
(forms a noun or adj) resembling
13
Q
-ode
A
(forms a noun or adj) resembling
14
Q
-ides
A
descended from (genus)
15
Q
-idae
A
descended from (family)
16
Q
-ida
A
descended from (order and class)
17
Q
-in
A
substance, typically a chemical or hormone
18
Q
-ine
A
substance, typically a chemical or hormone
19
Q
-ist
A
person interested in; specialist
20
Q
-ite
A
belonging to, the nature of
21
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
22
Q
-ium
A
tissue or part of the body
23
Q
-oma
A
tumor
24
Q
-y
A
state or condition of, the act of
25
-aceus
having the quality of, full of
26
-aneous
having the quality of, full of
27
-eus
having the quality of, full of
28
-alis
pertaining to
29
-aris
pertaining to
30
-eal
pertaining to
31
-ilis
pertaining to
32
-ans
translated -ing added to the verb
33
-ens
translated -ing added to the verb
34
-iends
translated -ing added to the verb
35
-bilis
ability to
36
-ilis
ability to
37
-idus/ -id
in a state or condition of
38
-lentus
full of
39
-osus
full of
40
-arium
pertaining to; place of
41
-orium/-ory
pertaining to; place of
42
-ad
indicates direction towards a part of the body
43
-ate
to make, cause, act upon, possessing
44
-tia/-ce
state or condition of
45
-itas/ity
state or condition of
46
-tudo
state or condition of
47
-culus/cle
diminutive
48
-illus/-il
dimiunitve
49
-olus/-ole
diminutive
50
-ulus/-ule
diminutive
51
-unculus/-uncle
diminutive
52
-ianus/-ian
thing or person performing an action
53
-io/-ion
action
54
-mentum/-ment
action
55
-ura/-ure
action
56
-or
something (usually a muscle) that performs an action
