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HHS Suffix
Diagnostic, Pathological and Related Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gram | record, writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process for recording |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| scope | instrument for examining |
| scopy | visual examination |
| algia | pain |
| dynia | pain |
| edema | swelling |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| gen | forming, producing, origin |
| genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| itis | inflammation |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease, deficiency |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | formation, growth |
| plegia | paralysis |
| rrhage | bursting forth |
| rrhagia | bursting forth |
| rrhea | discharge, flow |
| sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| toxic | poison |