Medical Terminology / Unit 11 MedTerm 0699 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-pause: Cessation
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The idea
The suffix pause names the cessation or stopping of what its root identifies.
In practice
Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstruation.
Where people slip
Arche and pause mark the two ends of one process, and both attach to men.
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