Additional Suffixes

• -apheresis - removal, carry away
• -crit - seperation of
• -cyte - cell
• -cytic - pertaining to cells
• -cytosis - more than normal number of cells
• -emia - blood condition
• -globin - protein
• -ia - condition
• -ic - pertaining to
• -ion - action
• -logy - study of
• -lytic - destruction
• -oid - resembling
• -oma - mass
• -otomy - cutting into
• -ous - pertaining to
• -penia - too few
• -philia - condition of being attracted to
• -philic - pertaining to being attracted to
• -plastic - pertaining to formation
• -rrhage - abnormal flow
• -rrhagic - pertaining to abnormal flow
• -tic - pertaining to