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LOM Ch 6 Suffix
Medical Terminology More GI system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -extasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilation |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -lysis | destruction, breakdown |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pstosis | drooping; sagging; protruding |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | stopping; contrilling |
| -stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
| -tresia | opening |