Understanding Scientific Terms/Special Suffixes

Special Suffixes
Most of these suffixes denote action or a condition.

Suffixes

 * -mania : madness
 * -edema or -oedema : swelling
 * -itis : inflammation of
 * -lepsy  : seizure
 * -naut : sailor (aeronautics, astronaut)
 * -oma : tumor
 * -tomy : cut
 * -ism : condition
 * -osis  : abnormal condition
 * -emia  : blood condition
 * -genic  : forming
 * -algia  : pain
 * -oid  : like, resembling

Senses

 * -opia  : vision
 * -opsia  : vision
 * -acousia  : hearing
 * -osmia  : smell
 * -osphrensia  : smell
 * -aphia  : touch
 * -geustia : taste
 * -orexia : appetite