Chapter 6 - Suffixes Flashcards
1
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-ectasis, -ectasia
A
Dilation, widening
2
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-emesis
A
Vomiting
For example: hemat-emesis = bright red blood is vomited
3
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-pepsia
A
Digestion
4
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-phagia
A
Eating, swallowing
5
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-plasty
A
Surgical repair
6
Q
-ptysis
A
Spitting
7
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-rrhage, rrhagia
A
Bursting forth (of blood)
8
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-rrhaphy
A
Suture
For example: hernio-rrhaphy = Repair by stitching/suturing of a hernia
9
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-rrhea
A
Flow, discharge
10
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-spasm
A
Involuntary contraction
11
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-stasis
A
Stopping; controlling
12
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-stenosis
A
Narrowing, tightening
13
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-tresia
A
Opening
14
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Emesis (stand alone suffixes)
A
The action or process of vomiting
15
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Lysis
A
The disintegration of a cell by rupture of the cell wall or membrane
16
Q
Spasm (stand alone suffixes)
A
Sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement
17
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Stenosis (stand alone suffixes)
A
The abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body
