List of Common Suffixes & Their Meanings


S.NO.
SUFFIX
MEANING
EXAMPLE
1
Aemia/emia
A State of Blood
Septicemia
2
Al/ic/ac/ous
Pretaining to
Renal,Hepatic,Cardiac,Intravenous
3
Algia
A State of Pain
 Neuralgia,
Drosalgia
4
Ase
Enzyme/ catlyst
 Cyclo Oxygenase
5
Blast
Immature Cells
Normoblast
6
Cidal
Act to Kill
Bactericidal
7
Ectasis
Permanent dialation
Bronchiectsis
8
Ectomy
Removal by surgery
Hysterectomy
9
Genic/Genesis/Gen
Generetion of
Androgenic, Pathogenesis, Pathogen
10
Itis
inflamation
Arthritis
11
logy
Study of
Pharmacology
12
Lysis/Lytic
Breakdown
Heamolysis, Lipolytic
13
Malacia
Weakning/softening
Osteomalacia
14
Megaly
Enlargment of
Hepatomegaly
15
Oma
A Suffix meaning of Tumor
Carcinoma
16
Penia
State of deficiency in blood
Leucopenia
17
Philia
Attraction For
Lipophilic
18
Poiesis
Process of producing
Erythropoiesis
19
Rrhagia
Flow of blood
Mennorrhagia
20
Sclerosis
Hardening of
Atherosclerosis
21
Scopy
To View or See
Endoscopy
22
Spasm
Presitentancy of muscular contraction
Muslespasm
23
Stasis
Stagnation of
Heamostasis
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