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Chapter 8 Chabner
suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-arche | beginning |
-cele | hernia |
-cyesis, -gravida | pregnancy |
-ectasis | stretching, dilation |
-ectomy | removal, excision |
-flexion | flexible |
-genesis | producing; forming |
-pareunia | sexual intercourse |
-parous | to bear, bring forth |
-plasia | development, formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | dropping, sagging |
-rrhagia | bursting forth (blood) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | discharge |
-salpinx | uterine tube |
-scopy | visual examination |
-stenosis | tightening |
-stomy | new opening |
-tocia | labor, birth |
-tomy | process of cutting |
-tresia | opening |
-version | act of turning |