Chapter 6: Digestive System Flashcards
1
Q
- ectasis,
- ectasia
A
dilation, dilatation
2
Q
-emesis
A
vomiting
3
Q
-pepsia
A
digestion
4
Q
-phagia
A
eating, swallowing
5
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
6
Q
-ptysis
A
spitting
7
Q
- rhage,
- rrhagia
A
bursting forth (blood)
8
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture
9
Q
-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
10
Q
-spasm
A
involuntary contraction of muscle
11
Q
-stasis
A
controlling, stopping
12
Q
-stenosis
A
narrowing, tightening
13
Q
-tresia
A
opening
14
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
15
Q
cec/o
A
cecum
16
Q
celi/o
A
belly, abdomen
17
Q
cheil/o
A
lip
18
Q
chol/e
A
bile, gall
19
Q
cholangi/o
A
bile duct
20
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
