Chapter 6 - suffixes Flashcards
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-ectasia
A
Dilation (widening)
1
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-ectasis
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Dilation
2
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-emesis
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Vomitting
3
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-pepsia
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Digestion
4
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-phagia
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Eating, swallowing
5
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-plasty
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Surgical repair
6
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-ptysis
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Spittig
7
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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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
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Involuntary contraction of muscles
11
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-stasis
A
Stopping,controlling
12
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-stenosis
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Narrowing, tightening
13
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-tresia
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Opening