Digestive Suffix Flashcards by Audrey Phillips | Brainscape

Q

-ase

A

enzyme

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-chezia

A

defecation, elimination of waste

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-iasis

A

abnormal condition

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-prandial

A

meal

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-ectasis

A

dilation

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-ectasia

A

widening

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-emesis

A

vomiting

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-pepsia

A

digestion

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-phagia

A

eating, swallowing

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-ptysis

A

spitting

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-rrhage/-rrhagia

A

bursting forth

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

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-spasm

A

involuntary contraction of muscles

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-stasis

A

stopping, controlling

Q

-stenosis

A

narrowing, tightening

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-tresia

A

opening