Chapter Six: Additional Suffixes and Digestive System Terminology Flashcards
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-ectasis
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Dilation (dilatation), widening
2
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-ectasia
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Dilation (dilatation), widening
3
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-emesis
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Vomiting
4
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-pepsia
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Digestion
5
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-phagia
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Eating, swallowing
6
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-plasty
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Surgical repair
7
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-ptysis
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Spitting
8
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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Bursting forth (of blood)
9
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-rrhaphy
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Suture
10
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-rrhea
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Flow, discharge
11
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-spasm
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Involuntary contraction fo muscles
12
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-stasis
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Stopping, controlling
13
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-stenosis
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Narrowing, tightening
14
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-tresia
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Opening