Medical terms ending in -stasis are formally pronounced as indicated in Frame 9.7 In practice and transcription you will probably hear the following instead phlebostasis—flē bō stā‘ sis venostasis—vē...

Medical terms ending in -stasis are formally pronounced as indicated in Frame 9.7 In practice and transcription you will probably hear the following instead

phlebostasis—flē bō stā‘ sis

venostasis—vē nō stā‘ sis

arteriostasis—är tir ē ō stā‘ sis

hemostasis—hē mō stā‘ sis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Read about the disease in your dictionary. Note the origin of the word. Look at the words beginning with syphil. The combining form used in words referring to this disease is ___________/ ______________.