resembling (forms adjectives and nouns, eg. paranoid, mucoid)
-oma
tumor
-osis
condition (often abnormal; or increase)
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency
-ptosis
prolapse (sagging)
-rrhage, -rrhagia
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
-rrhea
flow or discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-spasm
twitching, cramp
-stasis
stopping, controlling
-able, -ible
capable of; able to
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic
pertaining to
-ase
enzyme
-eum, -ium
membrane
-ia, -ism
condition or theory (e.g. synergism)
-iac
one who suffers
-opia
vision
-ose
sugar
-ous
pertaining to
-y
state or condition
amyl/o
starch
glyc/o
sugar
Diplo-
double
Hyper-
excessive
Hypo-
under, less than normal
Pan-
all
Dia-
through
Epi-
above, on
Ipsi-
Same
Para-
near, beside, or abnormal
Per-
through or by
Brady-
Slow
Dys-
bad, difficult, disordered
Eu-
good, normal
Pro-
favoring, supporting
Tachy-
fast
alb/o, leuk/o
white
erythr/o
red
chlor/o
green
cyan/o
blue
melan/o
black
xanth/o
yellow (e.g. jaundice)
aer/o
air
blast/o
embryonic form
dips/o
thirst (e.g. polydipsia)
hist/o
tissue
myc/o
fungus
necr/o
dead
py/o
pus
ech/o, son/o
sound
fluor/o
emitting or reflecting light
tom/o
to cut
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