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LATIN AND GREEK SUFFIXES 1. SUBSTANTIVE SUFFIXES A) LATIN suffix meaning -io act of, result of, process of -or agent -ura act or result of action -itas quality, state -mentum instrument, tool -culus, a, um diminutive -ulus, a, um -olus, a, um -illus, a, um -ellus, a, um B) GREEK suffix -ia -iasis -ismus -itis -osis -oma -omatosis meaning disease disease, pathological state 1. state 2. addiction inflammatory disease 1. non-inflammatory disease 2. degenerative disease tumour multiple occurrence of tumours 2. ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES A) LATIN suffix meaning -alis, e relation -aris, e relation -inus, a, um relation -eus, a, um relation -aneus, a, um relation -osus, a, um full of -atus, a, um equipped with -bilis, e possibility, ability -ilis, e having the quality B) GREEK suffix -icus, a, um -ideus, a, um meaning relation similar to example inflammat-io inflammation flex-or a muscle the action of which is to flex a joint flex-ura flexion, result of bending obes-itas obesity liga-mentum ligament canali-culus small canal capit-ulum small head alve-olus small cavity or pit pup-illa pupil (the dark circular aperture at the centre of the iris of the eye) cereb-ellum posterior brain mass example allerg-ia allergy psor-iasis a chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red patches covered with white scales nan-ismus dwarfism (a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature) alcohol-ismus alcoholism gastr-itis inflammation of the stomach nephr-osis a non-inflammatory disease of a kidney arthr-osis a degenerative disease of a joint carcin-oma a malignant tumour of epithelial origin my-omatosis formation of multiple myomas example vertebr-alis muscul-aris uter-inus cartilagin-eus cut-aneus ven-osus caud-atus mo-bilis frag-ilis example thorac-icus xipho-ideus