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Undergraduate 2
10/15/2012
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-ectasia

-ectasis

 Definition

stretching,

dilation,

dilatation,

wideing
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
Term
-lysis
 Definition

destruction,

breakdown,

separation
Term
-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
drooping; sagging; protruding
Term
-ptysis
 Definition
spitting
Term

-rrhage,

-rrhagia

 Definition
bursting forth (of blood)
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
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-spasm
 Definition
involuntary contration of muscles
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping; controlling
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-stenosis
 Definition

tightening,

stricture,

narrowing
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-tresia
 Definition
opening
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bucc/o
 Definition
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