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-al
EX: ideal, diagonal, ethical |
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| pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of |
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-an (-ian)
EX: barbarian, utopian, theologian |
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| pertaining to, like, one concerned with |
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-arch
EX: monarch, matriarch |
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-archy
EX: monarchy, matriarchy |
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-arium, -arion
EX: conarium, Hipparion |
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-ast, -st
EX: gymnast, enthusiast, analyst |
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-cracy
EX: democracy, aristocracy, bureaucracy |
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| rule by, type of government |
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-crat
EX: democrat, aristocrat |
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| one who advocates or practices rule by |
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-ectomy
EX: appendectomy, tonsillectomy |
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-emia
EX: leukemia, anoxemia, hypoglycemia, tularemia |
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| condition of the blood; congestion of blood in |
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-gram
EX: telegram, diagram |
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-graph
EX: telegraph, photograph |
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| writing, instrument for writing |
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-graphy
EX: autobiography, telegraphy, photography |
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| writing, art or science of writing |
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-hedron
EX: polyhedron, octahedron, icosahedron |
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| solid figure with a (specified) number of faces |
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-iasis
EX: psoriasis, elephantiasis, amebiasis |
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| diseased condition (often referring to an infestation by parasites) |
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-ic (-ac after the letter i)
EX: despotic, epidemic, cardiac, static |
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-ician
EX: technician, electrician, tactician |
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| specialist in, practitioner of |
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-ics, -tics
EX: ethics, physics, genetics |
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-idium
EX: basidium, oophoridium, stomidium |
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-in, -ine
EX: antitoxin, melanin, hemocyanin, epinephrine |
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-isk, -iscus
EX: asterisk, meniscus |
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-ism
EX: Communism, despotism, antagonism, alcoholism |
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| belief in, practice of, condition of |
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-ist
EX: Communist, antagonist |
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| one who believes in, one engaged in |
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-ite
EX: sybarite, Israelite, dynamite
NOTE: If this is followed by an additional suffix, the e disappears; sybaritic |
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| one connected with, inhabitant of |
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-itis
EX: appendicitis, arhtritis, tonsillitis |
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| inflammation of, inflammatory disease of |
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-ium
EX: endocardium, perinephrium, epineurium |
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| part, lining or envelope tissue, region |
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-ium, -ion
EX: bacterium, podium, thecium, asterion, stomion |
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-ize
EX: antagonize, criticize, Americanize, anglicize |
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| to make, to do something with, to subject to |
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-logy
EX: biology, theology, astrology
NOTE: When followed by additional elements, the final y is dropped; biologist |
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| science of, system study of |
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-ma, -m, -me
EX: drama, problem, diadem, theme
NOTE: If this is followed by an additional suffix, it usually becomes -mat-; dramatic, problematic, thematic |
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| result of, thing that is the result of |
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-mania
EX: kleptomania, dipsomania |
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| madness about, passion for |
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-maniac
EX: kleptomaniac, dipsomaniac |
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| one having a madness or passion for |
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-meter
EX: perimeter, diameter, pentameter |
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| measure, instrument for measuring, number of feet in poetry |
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-metry
EX: geometry, trigonometry |
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| art or science of measuring |
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-nomy
astronomy, economy, agronomy
NOTE: When followed by additional elements, the final y is dropped; astronomical |
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| science of, system of laws governing |
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| like, having the hsape of |
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-oma
EX: melanoma, osteoma, hematoma, trachoma
NOTE: If followed by an additional suffix, it become -omat-; carcinomatous, trachomatous |
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| tumor arising in or composed of, swelling containing, diseased condition, result of |
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-osis
EX: psychosis, tuberculosis, hypnosis
NOTE: adjectival form is -otic; psychotic, hypnotic |
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| diseased condition of, act of, process of |
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-ous, (-ious)
EX: barbarous, amphibious, anonymous |
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| full of, pertaining to, like |
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-path
EX: psychopath, osteopath |
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| one who suffers from a disease of, one who treats a disease |
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-pathy
EX: neuropathy, hydropathy, osteopathy |
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| disease of, treatment of disease of or by |
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-phobe
EX: Anglophobe, Francophobe |
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-phobia
EX: claustrophobia, agoraphobia |
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| abnormal fear or hatred of |
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-rrhea (-rrhoea)
EX: diarrhea, pyorrhea, logorrhea |
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-scope
EX: periscope, microscope, telescope
NOTE: When followed by an additional suffix, the e is dropped; telescopic, microscopy |
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| instrument for viewing, to view |
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-sis, -se, -sy, -sia
EX: analysis, diagnosis, dose, autopsy, amnesia
The adjectival form of this sometimes appears as -tic and sometimes as -stic; alanytic, diagnostic |
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| act of, state of, result of |
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-t, -te
EX: poet, prophet, athlete, pirate |
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-therapy
EX: chemotherapy, heliotherapy, psychotherapy |
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-tomy
EX: glossotomy, gastrotomy, lobotomy |
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| surgical operation on, surgical cutting of |
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-y, -ia
EX: agony, philanthropy, anemia |
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| quality of, state of, act of |
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