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Digestive Terms ICEV
Digestive Term Morphemes for ICEV
Term | Definition |
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absorpt/o | to take in |
aden/o | gland |
aliment/o | nourishment |
amyl/o | starch |
anabol/o | building up |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
bil/i | gall, bile |
bucc/o | cheek |
celi/o | belly, abdoment |
cheil/o | lip |
chole | gall, bile |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
col/o | colon |
colon/o | colon |
cyst/o | bladder |
dent/o | tooth |
duoden/o | duodenum |
enter/o | intestines |
esophage/o, esophag/o | esophagus |
fibr/o | fibrous tissue |
gastro | stomach |
glyco/o | sugar, sweet |
gloss/o | tongue |
hemorrh/o | vein susceptible to bleed |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
pept/o | to digest |
proct/o | anus, rectum |
rect/o | rectum |
sial/o | saliva, salivary |
Anabol ism | a building up condition |
Buccal | cheek pertaining to |
Catabolism | a casting down condition |
Dyspepsia | difficult to digest |
Hematemesis | blood vomiting |