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Medical Terminology
Chapter 6: Additional Suffixes and Digestive System Terminology
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Undergraduate 3
02/01/2012
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-ectasis, -ectasia
 Definition
stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-lysis
 Definition
destruction, breakdown, separation
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-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
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-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping; sagging; protruding
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction of muscles
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-stasis
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stopping; controlling
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-stenosis
 Definition
tightening, stricture, narrowing
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-tresia
 Definition
opening
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