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Chapner CH6 terms
Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping; sagging; protruding |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary contractions of the muscles |
| -stasis | stopping;controlling |
| -stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
| -tresia | opening |