Sufflix Example Definition of example

-ia Dementia Loss of (de-) intellectual function

(from L. mentis: mind)
-ism Racism Discrimination based on race
-sis Thrombosis Having a blood clot (thrombus)
in a vessel
-y atony Lack (a-) of muscle tone
Sufflix yang berarti “condition of”

Sufflix Meaning Example Definition of example

-ian Specialist in a field of Physician practitioner of medicine (from
study root physi/o, meaning
"nature")
-iatrics Medical speciality Pediatrics care and treatment of
children (pedlo)
-iatry Medical speciality Psychiatry study and treatment of
mental (psyclgo) disorders
-ics Medical speciality Orthopedics meaning "child," and prefix
ortho, meaning "straight")
-ist Specialist in a field of Podiatrist one who studies and treats
study the foot (podio)
-logy Study of physiology study of function in a living
organism (from root physilo,
meaning "nature")
Sufflix untuk Medical Specialties

Sufflix yang berarti “pertaining to”, “like”, atau “resembling”

Sufflix Example Definition of example

-ac Cardiac pertaining to the heart
-al Vocal pertaining to the voice
-ar Nuclear pertaining to a nucleus
-ary Salivary pertaining to saliva
-form Muciform like or resembling mucus
-ic Anatomic pertaining to anatomy
-ical (ic+al) Electrical pertaining to electricity
-ile Virile pertaining to the male, masculine
-oid Lymphoid pertaining to the lymphatic system
-ory Circulatory pertaining to circulation
-ous cutaneous pertaining to the skin (from L, cutis: skin)
Plural Endings

Word ending Plural ending Singular example Plural example

A Ae vertebra (bone of the spine) Vertebrae
En Ina lumen (central opening) Lumina
Ex, ix, yx Ices matrix (background substance; Matrices
mold)
Is Es diagnosis (determination of a Diagnoses
disease or defect)
Ma Mata stigma (mark or scar) Stigmata
Nx (anx, inx, ynx) Nges phalanx (bone of finger or toe) Phalanges
On A ganglion (mass of nervous tissue) Ganglia
Um A serum (thin fluid) Sera
Us I thrombus Thrombi

Pefix untuk waktu dan/atau posisi

Prefix Meaning Example Definition of example

Ante- Before Antenatal Before birth (nat/i)
Pre- Before, in front of Premature Occurring before the
proper time
Pro- Before, in front of Prodrome Symptom that precedes
a disease
Post- After, behind Postnasal Behind the nose (nas/o)
Prefix untuk posisi

Prefix Meaning Example Definition of example

Dextr/o- Right Dextrogastria displacement of the
stomach (gastric)) to
the right
Sinistr/o- Left Sinistromanual left-handed
Ec-, ecto- Out, outside Ectopic out of normal position
Ex/o- Away from, outside Excise to cut out
End/o- In, within Endoderm inner layer of a
developing embryo
Mes/o- Middle Mesencephalon middle portion of the
brain (encephalon),
midbrain
Syn-, sym-, (used before Together Synapse a junction between two
b, m, p) nerve cells
Tel/e, tel/o- End, fat, at a distance teletheraphy radiation therapy
delivered at a distance
from the body