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Module 6 Suffixes and commbining forms
Chabner 8th edition The language of medicine
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Biology
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06/16/2011
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-emesis
 Definition
Vomiting
Term
-Ectasis/Ectasia
 Definition
Stretching/Dialation
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lysis
 Definition
Destruction, breakdown
Term

-pnea

i.e a/pnea=cessation of breathing

 Definition
breathing
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-ptosis
 Definition

drooping/sagging

i.e proctoptosis= prolapse of the anus
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-ptysis
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spitting
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Hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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colon/o
 Definition
colon-large intestine
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palat/o
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palate
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chol/e
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bile/gal

i.e chol/e/lithasis= condototion of the  gallstones
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lith/o
 Definition
stone
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-rrhagia/-rrhage
 Definition
bursting forth of blood
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rrhapy
 Definition
Suture
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rrhea
 Definition
flow of discharge
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pepsia
 Definition
digestion
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phagia
 Definition
eating and swallowing
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stenosis
 Definition
abnormal constriction of canal
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spasm
 Definition
sudden involantary contraction
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stasis
 Definition
controlling or stopping
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stenosis
 Definition
tightening/ narrowing
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steat/o
 Definition
relationship to fat
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