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* chapter 6
medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation, dialation, widening |
| -ectasia | stretching, dilation, dialation, widening |
| -emisis | vomiting |
| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, protruding |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | bursting forth of blod |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth of blood |
| -rrhaphy | stuture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | to stop, control |
| -stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
| -tresia | opening |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| cholangi/o | bile vessels |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledock/o | common bile duct |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| proct/o | anus and colon |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sialaden/o | salivary glands, saliva |
| splen/o | spleen |
| steat/o | fat |
| stomat/o | opening to form a mouth |