Med Term Ch. 6 Flashcards
(52 cards)
1
Q
-ectasis, -ectasia
A
stretching, dialation, dilation, widening
2
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-emesis
A
vomiting
3
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-lysis
A
destruction, breakdown, separation
4
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-pepsia
A
digestion
5
Q
-phagia
A
eating, swallowing
6
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
7
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-ptosis
A
droop, sag, protrude
8
Q
-ptysis
A
spitting
9
Q
-rrhage, -rrhagia
A
burstig forth (of blood)
10
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture
11
Q
-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
12
Q
-spasm
A
sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles
13
Q
-stasis
A
to stop, control
14
Q
-stenosis
A
tightening, stricture, narrowing
15
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-tresia
A
opening
16
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
17
Q
cec/o
A
cecum
18
Q
celi/o
A
belly/abdomen
19
Q
cheil/o
A
lip
20
Q
chol/e
A
bile, gall
21
Q
cholangi/o
A
bile, vesse
22
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
23
Q
choledoch/o
A
common bile duct
24
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col/o
A
colon (lg. intestine)
25
colon/o
colon
26
dent/i
tooth
27
duoden/o
duodenum
28
enter/o
intestines
29
esophag/o
esophagus
30
gastr/o
stomach
31
gingiv/o
gum
32
gloss/o
tongue
33
glyc/o
sugar
34
hepat/o
liver
35
herni/o
hernia
36
ile/o
ileum
37
jejun/o
jejunum
38
labi/o
lip
39
lingu/o
tongue
40
lip/o
fat, lipid
41
lith/o
stone
42
odont/o
tooth
43
or/o
mouth
44
palat/o
palate
45
pancreat/o
pancreas
46
proct/o
before/forward
47
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
48
rect/o
rectum
49
sialaden/o
salivary gland
50
splen/o
spleen
51
steat/o
fat, seabum
52
stomat/o
mouth
