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-clasis means to break, fracture

Example: oste/o/clasis= break or fracture a bone

-lysis means to separation, destruction, loosening

Example: enter/o/lysis= separation, destruction or loosening of an intestine

-tripsy means crushing

Example: lith/o/tripsy= crushing stone, calculus

-ptosis means to prolapse, downward displacement

Example: hyster/o/ptosis= prolasped utterus

-rrhage, -rrhagia means to busting forth

• Example: hem/o/rrhage= blood bursting forth
• Example: men/o/rrhagia= menses bursting forth

-rrhea means discharge, flow

Example: dia/o/rrhea= discharge flows through

-rrhexis means rupture

Example: angi/o/rrhexis= ruptured vessel

-scope means instrument to view or examine

Example: gastr/o/scope= instrument to veiw or examine th stomach

-scopy means visual examination

Example: proct/o/scopy= visual examination of the rectum, anus

-spasm means involuntary contraction, twitching

Example: blephar/o/spasm= involuntarty contraction, twitching of the eyelid

-stasis means standing still

Example: hem/o/stasis= blood standing still

-stenosis means narrowing, stricture

Example: arteri/o/stenosis= narrowing, stricture artery

-toxic means poison

Example: thyr/o/toxic= posioned thyroid

-trophy means development, nourishment

Example: a/trophy= without development, nourishment