-a

• n.
• state, condition

-ac

• adj.
• pertaining to, located in

-ia

• n.
• state, condition

-iac

• n.
• person afflicted with

-iasis

• n.
• disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of
• often used with the name of a parasitic organism to indicate infestation of the body by that organism
• when used with lith-: formation and/or presence of calculi in the body

-ic

• adj.
• pertaining to, located in

-ic

• n.
• person suffering from a certain disability or condition

-in, -ine

forms names of substances

-ist

• n.
• a person interested in

-itic

• adj.
• pertaining to, pertaining to inflammation

-itic

• n.
• a drug or agent

-itis

• n.
• inflammation

-itides

plural for words ending in -itis

-ium

(rarely -eum)

• n.
• membrance, connective tissue, a region of the body

-ma

• n.
• abnormal or diseased condition

-osis

• n.
• abnormal or diseased condition

-otic

• adj.
• pertaining to

-sia

• n.
• state, condition

-sis

• n.
• state, condition

-tic

• adj.
• pertaining to

-y

• n.
• state, condition

-al

• adj.
• pertaining to, located in

-ase

forms names of enzymes

-asia, -asis

• n.
• state, condition

-ema

• n.
• state, condition

-esis

• n.
• state, condition, procedure

-etic

• adj.
• pertaining to

-ics, -tics

• n.
• particular science or study: science or study of

-ism

• n.
• state, condition, quality

-ismus

• n.
• state, condition; muscular spasm

-iod, -ode, -id

• n. and adj.
• indicates particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling

-oma

• n.
• usually tumor; occasionally disease

-ose

• adj.
• forms names of chemical substances
• full of, resembling

-ous

• adj.
• characterized by, full of

-us

• n.
• condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)

-ize

to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in