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Undergraduate 2
10/15/2012

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Term

-ectasia

-ectasis

Definition

stretching,

dilation,

dilatation,

wideing

Term
-emesis
Definition
vomiting
Term
-lysis
Definition

destruction,

breakdown,

separation

Term
-pepsia
Definition
digestion
Term
-phagia
Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
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-ptosis
Definition
drooping; sagging; protruding
Term
-ptysis
Definition
spitting
Term

-rrhage,

-rrhagia

Definition
bursting forth (of blood)
Term
-rrhaphy
Definition
suture
Term
-rrhea
Definition
flow, discharge
Term
-spasm
Definition
involuntary contration of muscles
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-stasis
Definition
stopping; controlling
Term
-stenosis
Definition

tightening,

stricture,

narrowing

Term
-tresia
Definition
opening
Term
bucc/o
Definition
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