Digestive System Terminology Suffixes

Question 1

-centesis

Answer 1

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 2

-chezia

Answer 2

Defecation

Elimination of wastes

Question 3

• ectasia

- ectasis

Answer 3

Stretching
Dialation
Expansion

Question 4

-ectomy

Answer 4

Excision

Surgical removal of

Question 5

-emesis

Answer 5

Vomiting

Question 6

-emia

Answer 6

Blood condition

Question 7

-genesis

Answer 7

Development
Production
Formation

Question 8

-graphy

Answer 8

Process of making/taking a record of

Question 9

-iasis

Answer 9

Abnormal condition

Question 10

-lysis

Answer 10

Destruction, breakdown

Question 11

-megaly

Answer 11

Enlargement

Question 12

-orexia

Answer 12

Appetite

Question 13

-pathy

Answer 13

Disease

Question 14

-pepsia

Answer 14

Digestion

Question 15

-phagia

Answer 15

Eating/swallowing

Question 16

-plasty

Answer 16

Surgical repair or reshape

Question 17

-prandial

Answer 17

Meal

Question 18

-ptosis

Answer 18

Falling
Sagging
Dropping
Prolapse

Question 19

-ptysis

Answer 19

Spitting

Question 20

-rrhagia

Answer 20

Excessive flow

Question 21

-rrhapy

Answer 21

Stitching

Suturing

Question 22

-rrhea

Answer 22

Profuse flow

Discharge

Question 23

-scopy

Answer 23

Examination using a scope

Question 24

-spasm

Answer 24

Sudden muscle contraction

Question 25

-stasis

Answer 25

Stopping

Controlling

Question 26

-stenosis

Answer 26

Narrow
Constriction
Contracted

Question 27

-stomy

Answer 27

Creation of an opening

Question 28

-tomy

Answer 28

Incision

Process of cutting into

Question 29

-tresia

Answer 29

Opening

Question 30

-ase

Answer 30

Enzyme