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RMA/RMAS Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| poietin | one that forms |
| pheresis | removal |
| stat | agent to maintain a state |
| pepsia | digestion |
| rrhagia / rrhage | heavy discharge |
| pathy | disease |
| physis | growing |
| ptosis | falling / drooping |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| poiesis | formation |
| plasia / plasm | formation |
| phobia | fear |
| poietic | forming |
| phylaxis | protection |
| phonia | sound |
| paresis | slight paralysis |
| schisis | splitting |
| phil / philia | attraction |
| tropy | condition of turning towards |
| somnia | sleep |
| tropia / version | turning |
| parous | producing; bearing |
| scope | instrument for observing |
| stasis | stopping / constant |
| pnea | breath |
| phthisis | wasting away |
| penia | deficiency |
| trophy | nutrition |
| phoria | feeling / carrying |
| uria | urine |
| phasia | speaking |
| tomy | to cut or incision into (cutting operation) |
| rrhea | flowing / flux |
| tome | cutting instrument |
| pexy | fixation |
| spasm / stalsis | contraction |
| para | bearing |
| scopy | use of an instrument in observing |
| phage / phagia / phagy | eating / devouring |
| plegic | one who is paralized |
| tropic | turning toward |
| phrenia | of the mind |
| plegia | paralysis |
| stomy | creating a mouth or opening |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| plastic | forming |
| plakia | plaque |
| static | maintaing a state |
| rraphy | surgical suturing |
| phoresis | carrying |
| rrhexis | rupture |