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Suffixes
Parts of the body
Question | Answer |
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-ase | enzyme |
-chezia | defecation, elimination of the waste |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-prandial | meal |
-ectasis | dilation |
-ectasia | widening |
-emesis | vomiting |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage/-rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-spasm | involuntary contraction of muscle |
-stasis | controlling, stopping |
-stenosis | narrowing, tightening |
-tresia | opening |