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Meanings
-able
able to be
-ac
pertaining to
-acity (-ocity)
quality of
-ade
-age
action or process
relating to
-algia
pain
-an (-ian)
-ance
state or quality of
-ant
a person who
inclined to, tending to
-ar
-ard
-arian
a person who
of or relating to
-ate
-ation
action or process
-ative
tending to (adj.)
-cide
act of killing
Suffix
Meanings
-cracy
-crat
-cule
-cy
-cycle
circle, wheel
-dom
-dox
belief, praise
-ectomy
surgical removal of
-ed
past tense
-ee
receiver, performer
-eer
associated with/engaged in
-emia
blood condition
-en
-ence
-ency
condition or quality
-ent
-er
more
action or process
a person who does an action
-ern
state or quality of
-escence
state or process
-ese
relating to a place
-esque
in the style of
Suffix
Meanings
-ess
female
-est
most
-etic
-ette
-ful
full of
-fy
-gam/gamy
marriage, union
-gon/gonic
angle
-hood
-ial
relating to
-ian
relating to
-iasis
diseased condition
-iatric
healing practice
-ible
able to be
-ic/ical
-ile
-ily
in what manner
-ine
relating to
-ing
materials
action or process
-ion
action or process
-ious
-ish
Suffix
Meanings
-ism
state or quality
-ist
-ite
-itis
inflammation, preoccupation
-ity
-ive
-ization
-ize
-less
without
-let
version of
-like
resembling, characteristic
-ling
younger or inferior
-loger/logist
-log
speech
-ly
in what manner
-ment
action, result
-ness
-oid
resembling
-ology
-oma
tumor, swelling
-onym
name, word
-opia
eye defect
Suffix
Meanings
-opsy
examination
-or
a person who
-ory
relating to
-osis
-ostomy/otomy surgical
-ous
full of
-path
-pathy
feeling, diseased
-phile
-phobia
abnormal fear of
-phone
sound
-phyte
plant, to grow
-plegia
paralysis
-plegic
-pnea
air, spirit
-scopy/scope
visual exam
-scribe/script
to write
-sect
to cut
-ship
Suffix
Meanings
-sion
state or quality
-some
state or quality
-tion
state or quality
-tome/tomy
to cut
-trophy
nourishment, growth
-tude
-ty
-ular
relating to or resembling
-uous
state or quality of
-ure
action, condition
-ward
specifies direction
-ware
-wise
-y