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Module 5
Digestive system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ectasis | means stretching or dilation as in bronchiectasis, the dilation of the bronchial tubes |
| emesis | means vomiting as in hematemesis which means vomiting blood |
| lysis | means destruction, breakdown or separation as in hemolysis which means red blood cells are destroyed |
| pepsia | means digestion as in dyspepsia which means difficult digestion |
| -phagia | means eating or swallowing as in dysphagia which means difficult swallowing |
| -plasty | means surgical repair as in rhinoplasty which means surgical repair of the nose |
| ptysis | means spitting as in hemoptysis which means spitting blood |
| rrhagia or -rrhage | means bursting forth of blood as in hemorrhage which means blood burst |
| -spasm | means sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles as in neurospasm which means contraction of the nerve muscles |
| -tripsy | means to crush as in lithotripsy, the crushing of stones |