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UBC CLST301-Module 4 The Human Being and Its Senses
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Undergraduate 3
04/06/2011

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-acousia
-acousis
Definition
sense of hearing
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-algesia
-odynia
Definition
pain
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-aphia
Definition
sense of touch
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-centesis
Definition
surgical puncture [of an organ, to withdraw fluid]
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-cyte
Definition
cell
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-dipsia
Definition
thirst
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-ectasis
-ectasia
Definition
dilation; expansion
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-ectopia
-ectopy
Definition
malposition; displacement
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-edema
Definition
fluid-filled swelling (of an organ or structure)
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-gamy
Definition
marriage; sexual union
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-geusia
-geustia
Definition
sense of taste
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-iatry
-iatrics
Definition
study and treatment [in reference to the medical profession or a physician]
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-lysis
Definition
destruction; loosening; breakdown
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-lytic
Definition
pertaining to destruction/loosening/breakdown
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-necrosis
Definition
death [in reference to cells, tissues, or organs]
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-opia
-opy
-opsia
-opsy
Definition
visual disorder; vision; viewing; examination
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-orexia
-orexis
Definition
appetite
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-osphresia
-osphresis
-osmia
Definition
sense of smell
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-penia
Definition
deficiency (of a substance)
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-ptosis
Definition
prolapse [i.e. a slipping down of an organ or part of an organ]
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-rrhagia
-rhagia
-rrhage
-rhage
Definition
rapid discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location)
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-rrhaphy
Definition
suture
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-rrhea
-rhea
Definition
discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location)
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-rrhexis
-rhexis
Definition
rupture
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-sclerosis
Definition
hardening (of an organ or other body structure); hardening caused by (a substance)
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-sepsis
Definition
infection
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-septic
Definition
pertaining to infection; infected
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-spasm
Definition
spasm
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-stasis
Definition
act of controlling
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-stat
Definition
device used to control; agent used to control
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-static
Definition
pertaining of control
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-stenosis
Definition
narrowing
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-therapy
Definition
treatment (of an organ, symptom, or disease); treatment by means (of a substance or process)
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