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-nema (pl -nemata) [from Greek nema, nemata thread] Threadlike (pachynema).
-neura [from Greek neuron nerve, sinew, cord] One(s) having nerves or veins of the type indicated by the stem or prefix (Choristoneura).
-nomy [from Greek noma distributing, ordering] Laws of, or knowledge as a whole regarding, a particular field (taxonomy).
-nym [from Greek onoma name] Name (caconym).
-ode or -oid [from Greek -odes, -oeides -like] Shape, form, likeness; usually denotes resemblance (nematode).
-odon [from Greek odous something pointed; tooth, spike] In taxonomic names: One(s) having teeth of the sort indicated by the stem or prefix (Diodon).
-odont [from Greek odous something pointed; tooth, spike] Having teeth of the sort indicated by the stem or prefix (megadont).
-odontia [from Greek odous something pointed; tooth, spike] Condition of having teeth of the sort indicated by the stem or prefix (macrodontia).
-odus [from Greek odous something pointed; tooth, spike] Indicates an animal with teeth of the sort indicated by the stem or prefix (Ceratodus).
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-odynia See: -dynia.
-oesophageal See: -esophageal.
-oid [from Greek -odes, -oeides -like] Denotes resemblance (nevoid).
-oida or -odea or -oidei [from Greek -odes, -oeides -like] Animals of the type indicated by the stem or prefix (Ganoidea, Anguilloidei).
-ole [from Latin -olus, -ola, -olum diminutive suffixes] Diminutive, indicating small size (arteriole).
-ologia or -ology See: -logia, -logy.
-oma (pl -omas, -omata) [Greek -oma, -omata] Swelling, tumor (carcinoma, sarcoma).
-omphalos or -omphalus [from Greek omphalos navel, umbilical cord] (1) condition of the navel (acromplalus); (2) condition of the umbilical cord (exomphalos).
-on [neuter form of Greek -os] (1) basic genetic element (operon, cistron); (2) inert gas (argon).
-ont [from Greek on being (pres. participle of einein)] Living being, cell, organism (gamont).
-onychia or -onyxis [from Greek onyx talon, claw] Condition of the fingernails or toenails of the type indicated by the stem or prefix (brachyonychia).
-onychium [from Greek onyx talon, claw] A region of, or one having fingernails or toenails, of the type indicated by the stem or prefix (hyponychium).
-onym [from Greek onoma name] Name (caconym).
-opthalmos [from Greek ophthalmos eye] Having eyes of the type, or having a condition of the eyes of the type, indicated by the stem or prefix (exophthalmos).
-opia or -opsia or -opy [from Greek ops eye, face] (1) vision or condition of vision of the type indicated by the stem or prefix (myopia); (2) having eyes of the type, or having a disease of the type, indicated by the prefix (erythropia).
-ops [from Greek ops eye, face] One having the type of eyes or face indicated by the stem or prefix (Tursiops).
-or [from Latin -or] One who, that which (repressor).
-orchidism [from Greek orchis testicle] Condition of the testicle indicated by the stem or prefix (macroorchidism).
-orexia [from Greek orexis desire, appetite] Appetite (anorexia).
-orexic [from Greek orexis desire, appetite] Denotes the condition of appetite indicated by the stem or prefix (anorexic).
-ornis (pl ornithes) [from Greek ornis bird] In taxonomic names: bird of the type indicated by the stem or prefix (Agapornis). See also: -cornis.
-ory [Latin -orius] Belonging to, connected with (laboratory).
-osis [Greek -osis] (1) condition, disease, action; typically denotes production or increase (halitosis); (2) invasion or increase of parasites within an organism (trichinosis).
-ostosis [from Greek osteon bone + -osis] (1) bony growth of the type indicated by the stem or prefix (hyperostosis); (2) formation of an osseous tumor of the type indicated by the stem or prefix (endostosis).
-ostraca [from Greek ostrakon shell] In taxonomic names (usually of crustaceans): shell, shelled (Leptostraca).
-otic [from Greek -otikos] (1) of or relating to the thing indicated by the stem or prefix (biotic); (2) of or relating to the ear or a part of the ear (diotic).
-ous [from Latin -us] Abounding in, having, possessing (filamentous).
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