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HCC
HCC 2008 suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -amine | nitrogen containing compound |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -chalasis | relaxation |
| -cocci | berry-shaped bacteria |
| -crino | secrete |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -emmetra | in due measure |
| -genesis | producing |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ism | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -lexia | speech |
| -logy | study of |
| -meter | measure |
| -oid | resembling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osmia | smell |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing |
| -pheresi | removal |
| -phobia | fear |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -porosis | passage |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scopy | visual exam |
| -stenis | strength |
| -stenosis | stricture |