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Suffix A suffix is a word ending that modifies a root. A suffix may indicate that the word is a noun or an adjective and often determines how the definition of the word will begin. For example, using the root myel/o, meaning “bone marrow,” the adjective ending -oid forms the word myeloid, which means “like or pertaining to bone marrow.” The ending -oma produces myeloma, which is a tumor of the bone marrow. Adding another root, gen, which represents genesis or origin, and the adjective ending -ous forms the word myelogenous, meaning “originating in bone marrow.” ClassificationTable1:Suffixes that mean condition of Table2:Suffixes for medical specialties Table 3:Suffixes for a group of substance Table 4:Suffixes that mean pertaining to or resembling Simple suffix: several letters that can form noun and adjective, such as -itis, -ia, -oid, -osis, -y etc. Compound suffix :is composed of part of the root and simple suffix. scopy= scop + y stomy=stom + y uria=ur + ia emia = em + ia Table 5:Compound suffixes for disease and physiological condition Gastrelcosis Nephrolithiasis Osteomalacia Bronchomycosis Osteonecrosis Nephropyosis Angiosclerosis Angiostenosis Table 6:Compound suffixes for diagnosis and treatment -algia = Pain Cardi/algia: Heart pain Gastr/algia: Pain in the stomach Analgesics:Compounds capable of relieving pain Since –algia starts with a vowel, word root is used rather than the combining form. -o/dynia = Pain Cardiodynia: Heart pain Gastrodynia: Pain in the stomach -emia = Blood Condition Hema = Blood (Greek) An/emia: Lack of blood Leuk/emia, a “blood cancer”, literally means “a condition of white blood”. Leuk/o = White em = blood -ia = condition In Leukemia, the blood is not really white. There are too many immature white cells (leukocytes) in the blood. This finding was used to name the disease “Leukemia”. -meter, -metry -meter = An instrument used to measure or count something Cyt/o/meter: The instrument used to count cells -metry =