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UBC CLST301-Module 11 Bodily Fluids
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Undergraduate 3
04/05/2011

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-agogue
Definition
agent used to induce (an action); agent used to induce flow (of a substance or from an organ or tissue); agent used to induce expulsion (of a foreign body)
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anti-...-agogue
Definition
[prefix anti-] agent used to suppress (an action); agent used to suppress flow (of a substance or from an organ or tissue); agent used to suppress expulsion (of a foreign body)
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-auxe
-auxis
-auxesis
Definition
enlargenment
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-crine
Definition
secretion
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-elcosis
Definition
ulceration (of an organ or structure)
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-emesis
Definition
vomiting (of a substance)
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-emetic
Definition
causing vomiting (of a substance)
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-emphraxis
Definition
obstruction
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-lepsy
Definition
seizure
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-phyma
-phymata [pl.]
Definition
swelling
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-pore
Definition
pore; passage
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-toxin
Definition
substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)
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anti- ... -toxin
Definition
[prefix anti-] agent used to oppose the substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); agent used to oppose poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)
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-uria
Definition
condition of the urine; condition of urination; presence of (a substance) in the urine
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a- ... -uria
Definition
[prefix a-] absence of (a substance) in the urine
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