HESI Suffixes

-ability

inclination for

-able

worthy of an act

-ac

pertaining to

-acy

having the quality of

-age

collection, connection

-al

related to; process of

-ance

condition of

-ate

having

-ation

process of; action

-cy

condition of; state of

-ed

past tense of a verb

-en

to cause to be

-ence

state of; condition of

-er

one who performs

-ery

state of; palce

-ese

quality of

-ia, -ial

pertaining to

-ian

related to; belonging to

-ing

action

-ist

one who performs an action

-ious

full of; having

-ish

characteristic of

-ism

action; quality of

-ity

action; process of

-ize

to cause to be

-ive

performing an action

-les

without

-logy

study of

-ment

action; process of

-meter

measurement of

-ness

quality; condition

-old

resembling

-or

sate of

-ory

characterized by

-ose

full of; possessing

-osis

condition

-s, -es

plural of a noun; more than one

-ship

state of; quality of

-some

full of

-tion

action; condition of

-ty

quality; condition of