Chapter 6 - Additional suffixes and Digestive System Terminology Flashcards
1
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dilation, widening
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-ectasia, -ectasis
2
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vomiting
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-emesis
3
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digestion
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-pepsia
4
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eating, swallowing
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-phagia
5
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surgical repair
A
-plasty
6
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spitting
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-ptysis
7
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bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
8
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suture
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-rrhaphy
9
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flow, discharge
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-rrhea
10
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involuntary contraction of muscles
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-spasm
11
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stopping, controlling
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-stasis
12
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narrowing, tightening
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-stenosis
13
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opening
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-tresia