Med.Term Word Scramble
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| Suffixes | Meaning |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -chezia | defecation; elimination of wastes |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | stretching; dilation; expansion |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | producing; forming |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -prandial | meal |
| -ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; fall |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | stop; control; place |
| -stenosis | narrowing; tightening; stricture |
| -stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tresia | opening |
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Mrs.Aitchison
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