Module 11 Terminations

Question 1

-agogue

Answer 1

an agent used to induce (an action); agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body)

Question 2

anti- . . . -agogue

Answer 2

agent used to suppress (an action); agent used to suppress the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to suppress the expulsion (of a foreign body)

Question 3

-auxe

Answer 3

enlargement

Question 4

-auxis

Answer 4

enlargement

Question 5

-auxesis

Answer 5

enlargment

Question 6

-crine

Answer 6

secretion

Question 7

-elcosis

Answer 7

ulceration (of an organ or structure)

Question 8

-emesis

Answer 8

the vomiting (of a substance)

Question 9

-emetic

Answer 9

causing vomiting (of a substance)

Question 10

-emphraxis

Answer 10

obstruction; blockage

Question 11

-lepsy

Answer 11

seizure

Question 12

-phyma

Answer 12

a swelling

Question 13

-phymata [pl.]

Answer 13

a swelling

Question 14

-pore

Answer 14

pore; passage

Question 15

-toxin

Answer 15

substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)

Question 16

anti- . . . -toxin

Answer 16

agent used to counteract a substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); agent used to counteract a poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)

Question 17

-uria

Answer 17

urination; presence of (a substance) in the urine; (abnormal) condition of the urine

Question 18

a- . . . -uria

Answer 18

absence of (a substance) in the urine