What it means
In medical words, the suffix often tells you what kind of thing the word is. -itisEYE-tisA word ending that means inflammation.Full entry means inflammation, -ectomy means removal and -emiaEE-mee-uhA word ending that means a condition of the blood, or something in the blood.Full entry means in the blood, so learning a few suffixes unlocks hundreds of words. A prefix is the part added at the beginning.
Remember it
The suffix sits at the end, like a tail.
At a glance
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