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LCHS_Ch 6_Chabner
LCHS_Suffixes - Addtn' Digestive Syst. Terms_Ch 6_Chabner
Term | Definition |
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-ectasis | stretching, dilation, dilitation |
-ectasia | stretching, dilation, dilitation |
-emesis | vomiting |
-lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | prolapse, fall, sag |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
-stasis | to stop or control |
-stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
-tresia | opening |