medical terminology - ch. 6 Flashcards
1
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-ectasis, -ectasia
A
dilation, widening
2
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-emesis
A
vomiting
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
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-ptysis
A
spitting
7
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
A
bursting forth (of blood)
8
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-rrhaphy
A
suture
9
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-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
10
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-spasm
A
involuntary contraction of muscles
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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bucc/o
A
cheek
15
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cec/o
A
cecum
16
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celi/o
A
abdomen
17
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cheil/o
A
lip
18
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chol/e
A
gall/bile
19
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cholangi/o
A
bile duct (vessel)
20
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cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
21
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choledoch/o
A
common bile duct
22
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col/o, colon/o
A
colon
23
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dent/i
A
tooth
24
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duoden/o
A
duodenum
25
enter/o
intestines
26
esophag/o
esophagus
27
gastr/o
stomach
28
gingiv/o
gums
29
gloss/o
tongue
30
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar
31
hepat/o
liver
32
herni/o
hernia
33
ile/o
ileum
34
jejun/o
jejunum
35
labi/o
lip
36
lingu/o
tongue
37
lip/o
fat
38
lith/o
stone
39
odont/o
tooth
40
or/o
mouth
41
palat/o
palate
42
pancreat/o
pancreas
43
proct/o
anus and rectum
44
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
45
rect/o
rectum
46
sialaden/o
salivary gland
47
splen/o
spleen
48
steat/o
fat
49
stomat/o
mouth
50
-ase
enzyme
51
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
52
-chezia
defecation; elimination of wastes
53
-ectasia
stretching; dilation; expansion
54
-ectasis
stretching; dilation; expansion
55
-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
56
-emesis
vomiting
57
-emia
blood condition
58
-genesis
producing; forming
59
-graphy
process of recording
60
-iasis
abnormal condition
61
-lysis
breakdown; separation;
destruction; loosening
62
-megaly
enlargement
63
-orexia
appetite
64
-pathy
disease; emotion
65
-pepsia
digestion
66
-phagia
eating; swallowing
67
-prandial
meal
68
-ptosis
droop; sag; prolapse; fall
69
-scopy
visual examination
70
-stasis
stop; control; place
71
-stenosis
tightening; stricture
72
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
73
-tomy
process of cutting
74
-tresia
opening
