Chapter Six: Additional Suffixes and Digestive System Terminology Flashcards

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-ectasis

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Dilation (dilatation), widening

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-ectasia

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Dilation (dilatation), widening

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-emesis

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Vomiting

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-pepsia

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Digestion

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-phagia

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Eating, swallowing

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-ptysis

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Spitting

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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Bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction fo muscles

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-stasis

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Stopping, controlling

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-stenosis

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Narrowing, tightening

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-tresia

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Opening

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