Medical Terminology / Unit 10 MedTerm 0614 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-chezia: Defecation
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The idea
The suffix chezia names defecation or the passing of stool.
In practice
Hematochezia is the passing of blood in the stool.
Where people slip
The ch is spoken as a k sound.
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