Suffix Meaning Example -acpertainingto属于，关于cardiac:pertainingtotheheart心脏（病）的-alpertainingtomedical:pertainingtomedicine-arpertainingtomolecular:pertainingtoamolecule分子的-arypertainingtobelongingtociliary:pertainingtothecilia睫毛的,纤毛的,毛状的 -aseenzyme酶 amylase:anyenzymethatconvertsstarchtosugar淀粉酶 -clesmallness小,少,贫乏,小气 follicle:asmallbodilycavityorsac小囊,(头发的)毛囊 -eaninstrument仪器 auriscope:aninstrumentforexaminingtheear(检查耳朵用的)耳镜 -ealpertainingtolaryngeal:pertainingtothelarynx喉的,喉音的 -iacondition;qualityphobia:abnormalfear恐惧，害怕 -icpertainingtotoxic:pertainingtotoxin有毒的；因中毒引起的-icsstudyof;nameofasciencepaediatrics:studyofchildren,theirdevelopmentanddiseases儿科学 -ine/insubstance物质 insulin：substance(hormone)producedbytheisletsofLangerhansinthepancreas 胰岛素-ismprocessorconditionalcoholism:excessivedrinkingofalcoholwhichbecomesaddictive酒精中毒 -istonewhospecializesin精通于的人pharmacologist:adoctorwhospecializesinthestudyofdrugs药理专家 -itisinflammationreferstoapartin部位的炎症rhinitis:inflammationofthenasalpassages鼻炎，鼻粘膜炎-(i)umrelationtoawhole;relatedto与相关endometrium:innerliningoftheuter子宫内膜 -ivecharacterizesbyantitussive:adrugthatsuppressescoughing止咳药-lettiny;smalldroplet:atinydrop小滴 -menttheresultorproductofanactiondevelopment:thingwhichdevelopsorisbeingdeveloped;actionofbecomingmature-oidresembling;like像mucoid:resemblingmucus粘液样的-olelittle;smallcentriole:thesmalldensestructureinthemiddleofthecentrosome细胞中心粒；中心体-omatumor;swellingreferstoadoerdermatofibroma:fibroustumoroftheskin皮肤纤维瘤-or/-ereitherapersonorthingreceptor:asensorynerveendingthatrespondstovariousstimuli感受器，受体 -orycharacterizedby;pertainingtosuspensory:whichishangingdown悬吊式，悬带-osesugarfructose:fruitssugarfoundinhoneyandsomefruit果糖 -osisabnormalconditiononychocryptosis:abnormalconditionofahiddennail嵌甲 -ouspertainingtopoisonous:pertainingtopoison;alsocontainingpoison有毒的，分泌毒素的 -somesbodiesribosome:thebodyofnucleicacid核糖体 -umstructure;thing;substance结构，物质magnesium:awhitemetallicchemicalsubstance镁（金属元素） -ycondition;act;processdystrophy:disordercausedbydefectivenutritionormetabolism营养不良 Thefollowingisalistofthemostcommonlyusedcompoundsuffixes Suffix Meaning Example -algiapain;painful;conditionarthralgia:paininajoint关节痛 -aseenzymeprotease:digestiveenzyme蛋白酶 -blastembryo胚，胚胎，人类胚胎 hemocytoblast:blastcell血胚细胞，原始血细胞 -carcinomamalignanttumordevelopingfromconnectivetissue相关组织的恶性肿瘤 adenocarcinoma:malignanttumordevelopingfromglandulartissue腺癌 -celeprotrusion;distention突出；膨胀，延伸 esophagocele:abnormaldistentionoftheesophagus食管突出 -centesissurgicalpuncture手术穿孔 paracentesis:surgicalpunctureofacavityfortheaspirationoffluid穿刺术 -capniacarbondioxide二氧化碳 acapnia:absenceofcarbondioxide血液二氧化碳缺乏 -cidekillgermicide:(substance)whichcankillgerms杀菌剂-clastcellphagocyte:cell,especiallyawhitebloodcell,whichcansurroundanddestroyothercells噬菌细胞 -dyniapainglossodynia:paininthetongue舌痛 -ectasia/-ectasisexpansion;dilation(膨胀，扩张) atelectasis:incompleteexpansionofthelungsatbirth肺不张 -ectomysurgicalexcisionorremovalofgastrectomy:surgicalremovalofthestomach胃切除术 -edemaexcessiveaccumulationofserousfluid水肿 myxoedema:conditioncausedwhenthethyroidglanddoesnotproduceenoughthyroidhormone粘液腺瘤病，粘液水肿 -emiabloodconditionleukemia:anyofseveralmalignantdiseaseswhereanabnormalnumberofleucocytesformintheblood白血病 -emesisvomiting呕吐 hematemesis:thevomitingofblood咯血；吐血 -gensomethingthatproducedorprouducespathogen:amicroorganismoragentcapableofproducingdisease病菌，病原体 -genesisproduction生产spermatogenesis:formationanddevelopmentofspermatozoainthetestes精子发生 -globinprotein蛋白质 hemoglobin:aniron-containingproteinproducedbyerythrocytes血红素 -gnosisknowledgediagnosis:theprocessofidentifyingthenatureorpresenceofadiseasethroughknowledgeandexamination-gramimage;pictureelectrocardiogram:agraphicrecordoftheelectricalactivityofheartmuscleorheartbeatusedinthediagnosisofheartdisease.Abbr.ECGandEKG.Syn.cardiogram心电图-graph(y)processofrecording记录过程electocardiography:theprocessofmakingorrecordingelectrocardiograms.Syn.cardiography心电图记录 -iasiscondition;state情况，状况cholelithiasis:theformationofgallstones胆石症 -iatry/-iatricshealing,frequentlyreferstoabranchofmedicine康复，常指