Chapter 6: terms

Question 1

Suffix:

-ectasis, ectasia

Answer 1

dilation, widening

-> cholangiectasis: cholangi/o means bile duct (vessel). bile duct obstruction may cause cholangiectasis

Question 2

Suffix:

-emesis

Answer 2

vomiting

Question 3

Suffix:

-pepsia

Answer 3

digestion

Question 4

Suffix:

-phagia

Answer 4

eating, swallowing

-> polyphagia: excessive appetite and uncontrolled eating

Question 5

Suffix:

-plasty

Answer 5

surgical repair

Question 6

dysphagia

Answer 6

difficulty swallowing

Question 7

dysplasia

Answer 7

abnormal formation

Question 8

dysphasia

Answer 8

abnormal speech

Question 9

Suffix:

- ptysis

Answer 9

spitting

Question 10

Suffix:

-rrhage, rrhagia

Answer 10

bursting forth (of blood)
-> hemorrhage

Question 11

Suffix:

-rrhaphy

Answer 11

suture

-> herniorraphy

Question 12

Suffix:

-rrhea

Answer 12

flow. discharge

Question 13

Suffix:

-spasm

Answer 13

involuntary contraction of muscle

Question 14

Suffix:

-stasis

Answer 14

stopping, controlling

Question 15

Suffix:

-stenosis

Answer 15

narrowing, tightening

-> pyloric stenosis

Question 16

hemoptysis

Answer 16

spitting up blood from the respiratory tract, a sign of bleeding and disease within the bronchial tubes and lungs

Question 17

hematemesis

Answer 17

vomiting blood, a sign of bleeding from the upper part of the GI tract

Question 18

Suffix:

-tresia

Answer 18

opening