Layman's term

Medical term

rupture

-rrhexis

secrete within

-crine

separation

- lysis

softening

-malacia

source, origin

-genic

speech disorder

-phasia

stoppage

-stasis

study of

- ology

surgical fixation

- desis

surgical opening

-ostomy

surgical removal

- ectomy

suture, stitch

- rrhaphy

swallow

-phagia

swelling (fluid)

-dema

swelling

-cele

tumor

-oma

tumor, cancer

- sarcoma

urine

- uria

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