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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