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Exercise Three

The suffix -rrhexia means rupture. A ruptured spleen would be referred to as:

  A gastrorrhexis
  B hepatorrhexis
  C neither
  D either
   

 

Answer:

C: neither. Splenorrhexis is the term for ruptured spleen.

Gastrorrhexis means rupture of the stomach: (gastr(o) = stomach) + (-rrhexis = rupture).
Hepatorrhexis means rupture of the liver: (hepat(o) = liver) + (-rrhexis = ruptre).