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SSCT Medical Term..
SSCT Medical Terminology Web3 Chapters 5 & 6 & Abbreviations
Question | Answer |
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an/o | anus |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
bucc/o | cheek |
cec/o | cecum |
celi/o | belly, abdomen |
cheil/o | lip |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
col/o | colon, large intestine |
colon/o | colon |
dent/i | tooth |
douden/o | doudenum |
enter/o | intestines, usually small intestine |
esophag/o | esophagus |
faci/o | face |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gums |
hepat/o | liver |
ile/o | ileum |
jejun/o | jejunum |
labi/o | lip |
lapar/o | abdomen |
lingu/o | tongue |
mandibul/o | lower jaw; mandible |
odont/o | tooth |
or/o | mouth |
palat/o | palate |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
pharyng/o | throat |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
rect/o | rectum |
sialaden/o | salivary gland |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
stomat/o | mouth |
uvul/o | uvula |
amyl/o | starch |
bil/i | gall, bile |
bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bil pigment) |
chol/e | gall, bile |
chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
gluc/o | sugar |
glyc/o | sugar |
glycogen/o | glycogen, animal starch |
lip/o | fat, lipid |
lith/o | stone |
prote/o | protein |
sial/o | saliva, salivary |
steat/o | fat |
-ase | enzyme |
-chezia | defecation, elimination of wastes |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-prandial | meal |
-ectasis | stretching, dilation, dilatation; widening |
-emesis | vomiting |
-lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | droop, sag; protrude |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles |
-stasis | to stop, control |
-stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
-tresia | opening |
herni/o | hernia |
gloss/o | tongue |
cholangi/o | bile vessel |
splen/o | spleen |
-ectasia | stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening |
abd | abdomen |
BaE | barium enema |
BMR | basal metabolic rate |
DM | diabetes mellitus |
GI | gastrointestinal |
IBD | inflammatory bowel disease |
LFT's | liver function tests |
NG Tube | nasogastric tube |
NPO | nothing by mouth |
TPN | total parenteral nutrition |
UGI | upper gastrointestinal |