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Digestive
Digestive suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilation, dilatation |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | prolapse, fall, sag |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | to stop / control |
| -stenosis | tightening, structure, narrowing |
| -tresia | opening |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -chezia | defecation, elimination of waste |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -prandial | meal |