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Medical Terminology
Digestive System
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Cardi/o- | Heart |
Gastr/o- | Stomach |
Pulman/o- | Lungs |
Muscul/o- | Muscles |
Skelet/o- | Skeleton |
-itis | Inflamation |
-ic -al -us -ar -ac | Pertaining to or Talking about |
-logy | Study Of |
-pathy | Disease/Disease Of |
-scope | Instrument Used to Look |
-scopy | Process of Looking |
Stomat/o- | Mouth |
Esophag/o- | Esophagus |
Gastr/o- | Stomach |
Enter/o- | Intestines |
Duoden/o- | Deuodenum |
Jejun/o- | Jejunum |
Ile/o- | Ileum |
Col/o- Colon/o- | Colon |
Proct/o- | Rectum And Anus |
Gingiv/o- | Gums |
Gloss/o- Lingu/o- | Tongue |
Hepat/o- | Liver |
Pancreat/o- | Pancreas |
Dys- | Difficult/ Painful |
-rrhea | Discharge/Flow |
-rrhaphy | Suture/Stitch |
-rrhagia | Hemorrage/Bleed |
-rrhexis | Rupture/Burst |
-plasty | Surgical Repair |
-ectomy | Cut out, Remve, Excise |
-tomy | Cut into, Incision |
-logist | Specialist |
-pepsia | Digestion |
megal/o- -megaly | Enlarge |
Bi/o- | Living |
Sigmoid/o- | Sigmoid Colon |
Rect/o- | Rectum |
Sub- | Under |
PO | By Mouth |
NPO | Nothing By Mouth |
N/V | Nausea And Vomitting |
BID | Twice a Day |
_ C | With |