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Med. Term. Ch 6
Digestive System
Question | Answer |
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-ectasis, -ectasia | Stretching, Dialation |
-emesis | Vomiting |
-lysis | Destruction, Breakdown |
-pepsia | Digestion |
-phagia | Eating, Swallowing |
-plasty | Surgical Repair |
-ptosis | Drooping, Sagging |
-ptysis | Spitting |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | Bursting forth (blood) |
-rrhaphy | Suture |
-rrhea | Flow, Discharge |
-spasm | Involuntary contraction of muscles |
-stasis | Sgopping, Controlling |
-stenosis | Tightening, Narrowing |
-tresia | Opening |
Bucc/o | Cheek |
Cec/o | Cecum |
Celi/o | Belly, Abdomen |
Cheil/o | Lip |
Chol/e | Bile, gall |
Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
Choledoch/o | Bile duct |
Col/o | Colon |
Colon/o | Colon |
Dent/i | Teeth |
Duoden/o | Duodenum (1st part of small intestines) |
Enter/o | Intedtine (small) |
Esophag/o | Esophagus |
Gastr/o | Stomach |
Gingiv/o | Gums |
Gloss/o | Tongue |
Gluc/o | Sugar |
Glyc/o | Sugar |
Hepat/o | Liver |
Herni/o | Hernia |
Ile/o | Ilium |
Jejun/o | 2nd part of the small intestines |
Labi/o | Lip |
Lingu/o | Tongue |
Lip/o | Fat |
Lith/o | Stone |
Ordont/o | Teeth |
Or/o | Mouth |
Palat/o | Roof Of Mouth |
Pancreat/o | Pancreas |
Proct/o | Anus, rectum |
Pylor/o | Pylorus |
Rect/o | Rectum |
Sialaden/o | Salivary glands |
Splen/o | Spleen |
Steat/o | Fat |
Stomat/o | Mouth |