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Ch. 8 Digestive
Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-ac, -al, -eal, -ic | pertaining to |
-ase | enzyme |
-ation | process; condition |
-chezia | defecation; elimination of waste |
-clysis | irrigation; washing |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-emesis | vomiting |
-gen | substance that produces |
-ia | condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-orexia | appetite |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | eating; swallowing |
-prandial | meal |
-rrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
-scope | instrument used to view |
-stalsis | contraction |
-stomy | surgical opening |
-tripsy | crushing |
-um, -us | structure; tissue; thing |