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Med Term Ch 6
Chapter 6 Med Term (Additional Suffixes and Digestive System Terminology)
Term | Definition |
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-ectasis | dilation, widening |
-ectasia | dilation, widening |
-emesis | vomiting |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage | bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-spasm | involuntary contraction of muscles |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-stenosis | narrowing, tightening |
-tresia | opening |