3"meninx"
one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord
5"amphi-" / "ampho-"
on both sides, around, both
e.g. amphi-bious, ampho-cyte
6"ana-"
up, back, against
e.g. ana-tomy, ana-gen
7"apo-"
away from
e.g. apo-crine, apo-ptosis
8"cata-" / "cat-" (before a vowel or h)
downward, disordered
e.g. cata-bolism, cat-hode
9"dia-" / "di-" (before a vowel)
through, across, apart
e.g. dia-clasis, di-optometer
10"eso-"
within, inner, inward
e.g. eso-gastritis, eso-phoria
11"eu-"
good, normal, healthy
e.g. eu-phoria, eu-thyroid
12"heter-" / "hetero-"
different, other, relationship to another
e.g. heter-esthesia, hetero-sexual
13"homo-" / "homeo-"
same, likeness
e.g. homo-topic, homeo-stasis
14"meta-" / "met-" (before a vowel or h)
change, transformation, after, behind
e.g. meta-bolism, met-encephalon
15"para-" / "par-" (often before a vowel)
alongside, around, abnormal, beyond
e.g. para-thyroid, par-acusia
16"pro-"
before
e.g. pro-dromal, pro-gnosis
17"pros-" / "prosth-"
in place of
e.g. pros-thesis, prosth-odontics
18"-al"
a Latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, located in
e.g. bronchi-al, hypogloss-al
19"-ase"
forms names of enzymes
e.g. amyl-ase, lact-ase
20"-asia" / "-asis" (rare) (form abstract nouns)
state, condition
e.g. metachrom-asia, blepharocal-asis
21"-ema" (forms abstract nouns)
state, condition
e.g. emphys-ema, eryth-ema
22"-esis" (forms abstract nouns)
state, condition, procedure
e.g. amniocent-esis, vasopar-esis
23"-etic" (forms adjectives, often from nouns ending in "-esis")
pertaining to
e.g. diaphor-etic, gen-etic
24"-ics" / "-tics" (form nouns indicating a particular science or study)
science or study of
e.g. geriatr-ics, ortho-tics
25"-ism" (forms abstract nouns)
state, condition, quality
e.g. astigmat-ism, thyroid-ism
26"-ismus" (forms abstract nouns)
state, condition; muscular spasm
e.g. esophag-ismus, laryng-ismus
27"-oid" / (rarely) "-ode" / "-id" (form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance)
like, resembling
e.g. aden-oid, nemat-ode, lip-id
28"-oma" (forms abstract nouns)
usually tumor; occasionally disease
e.g. carcin-oma, carcin-omat-osis, xanth-omata
29"-ose"
a Latin-derived adjectival suffix; also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling
e.g. ventr-ose, fruct-ose
30"-ous"
a Latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, characterized by, full of
e.g. bili-ous, ven-ous
32"-us"
a Latin noun-forming ending: condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)
e.g. hypothalam-us, hydrocephal-us