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Unit 4
Digestive System
Term | Definition |
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chol/e | gall, bile |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
col/o | colon |
cyst/o | bladder, sac |
duoden/o | duodenum |
enter/o | intestine |
esophag/o | esophagus |
esthesi | sensation |
gastr | stomach |
gingiv | gums |
gloss/lingu | tongue |
hepat | liver |
lith | stone/calculus |
pancreat | pancreas |
peps | digestion |
phag | eat/swallow |
phor | bear/carry |
proct | anus/rectum |
rect | rectum |
sigmoid | sigmoid colon |
splen | spleen |
stomat | mouth |
trich | hair |
dys | difficult,painful,bad,abnormal |
eu | easy/good |
mal | bad/poor |
sub | below |
cele | hernia |
centesis | surgical puncture |
ectomy | excise |
iasis | condition, usually infestation |
meter | instrument |
metry | process/measuring |
ostomy | making a new opening |
pepsia | digestion |
phagia | eat/swallow |
plegia | paralysis |
rrhagia | hemorrhage |
rrhea | flow/discharge |
rrhexis | rupture |
scope | instrument used to look |
scopy | process of looking through a scope |
tomy | cut into |
tripsy | surgical crushing |
AC | before meals |
BE | bariun enema |
BM | bowel movement |
EGD | esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
GB | `gallbladder |
GI | gastrointestinal |
HAA | hepatitis-associated antigen |
HBV | hepatitis B virus |
NPO | nothing by mouth |
PO | by mouth |
PC | after meals |
UGI | upper gastrointestinal series |