Chapter 6 Flashcards
-ectasis
suffix meaning dilation
-ectasia
suffix meaning dilation or widening
-emesis
suffix meaning vomiting
-pepsia
suffix meaning digestion
-phagia
suffix meaning eating or swallowing
-plasty
suffix meaning surgical repair
-ptysis
suffix meaning spitting
-rrhage, rrhagia
suffix meaning bursting forth of blood
-rrhea
suffix meaning flow or discharge
-spasm
suffix meaning involuntary contraction of muscle
-stasis
suffix meaning stopping or controlling
-stenoisis
suffix meaning narrowing or tightening
-tresia
suffix meaning opening
bucc / o
root word meaning cheek
cec / 0
root word meaning cecum
celi / o
root word meaning abdomen
cheil / o
root word meaning meaning lips
chol / o
root word meaning bile or gall
cholangi / o
root word meaning bile vessel