Combining Forms, Suffixes & prefixes
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| -ectasis, -ectasia | dilation, (dilatation), widening
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -phagia | eating, swallowing
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -ptysis | spitting
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| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood)
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction of muscles
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| -stasis | stopping,controlling
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| -stenosis | narrowing, tightening
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| -tresia | opening
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| bucc/o | cheek
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| cec/o | cecum (first part of the colon)
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| celi/o | belly; abdomen
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| cheil/o | lip
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| chol/e | bile; gall
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| cholangi/o | bile vessel
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| cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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| choledoch/o | common bile duct
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| col/o | colon
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| colon/o | colon (large intestine)
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| dent/i | tooth; teeth
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| duoden/o | duodenum
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| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine)
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| esophag/o | esophagus
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| gingiv/o | gum
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| gloss/o | tongue
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| gluc/o | glucose; sugar
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| glyc/o | glucose; sugar
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| hepat/o | liver
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| herni/o | hernia
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| ile/o | ileum
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| jejun/o | jejunum
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| labi/o | lip
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| lingu/o | tongue
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| lip/o | fat (a type of lipid)
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| lith/o | stone; calculus
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| odont/o | tooth
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| or/o | mouth
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| palat/o | palate (roof of the mouth)
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| pancreat/o | pancreas
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| proct/o | anus and rectum
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| pylor/o | pylorus; pyloric sphincter
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| rect/o | rectum
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| sialaden/o | salivary gland
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| splen/o | spleen
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| steat/o | fat; sebum
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| stomat/o | mouth
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| alk phos | alkaline phosphatase
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| ALT, AST | alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase- enzymes measured to evaluate liver function
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| BE | barium enema
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| BM | bowel movement
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| BRBPR | bright red blood per rectum- hematochezia (Latin per means through)
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| CD | celiac disease
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| CT | Computed tomography
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| EGD | esophagogastroduodenoscopy
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| ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
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| EUS | endoscopic ultrasonography
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| FOBT | fecal occult blood test
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| G tube | gastrostomy tube; also called stomach tube and PEG tube- used to introduce nutrients into the stomach after insertion through the abdominal wall with laparoscopic instruments
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| GB | gallbladder
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| GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease
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| GI | gastrointestinal
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| HBV | hepatitis B virus
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| IBD | inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis)
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| LAC | laparoscopic- assisted colectomy
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| LFTs | liver function tests- alk phos, bilirubin, AST, ALT
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| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging
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| NG tube | nasogastric tube
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| NPO | nothing by mouth (latin nil per os)
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| PEG tube | percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube- feeding tube
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| PEJ tube | percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube- feeding tube
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| PTHC | percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography
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| PUD | peptic ulcer disease
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| TPN | total parenteral nutrition
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| T tube | tube placed in the bile duct for drainage into a small pouch (bile bag) on the outside of the body
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