Chapter 6: Additional Suffixes And Digestive System Terminology

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dysplasia abnormal formation (plas/o= formation)
dysphagia difficulty swallowing
-ectasis. -ectasia stretching, dilation, dilation; widening
-emesis vomiting
-lysis destruction, breakdown, separation
-pepsia digestion
-phagia eating, swallowing
-plasty surgical repair
-ptosis droop
-ptysis spitting
-rrhage, -rrhagia bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhaphy suture
-rrhea flow, discharge
-spasm sudden, involuntary contractions of muscles
-stasis to stop, control
-stenosis tightening, stricture, narrowing
-tresia opening