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The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition

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an/o   anus--terminal end or opeing of the digestive tract to the outside of the body  
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append/o appendic/o   appendix--blind pauch hanging from the cecum RLQ  
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bucc/o   cheek  
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cec/o   cecum--first part of the large intestine  
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celi/o   belly, abdomen  
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cheil/o   lip  
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cholecyst/o   gallbladder--small sac under the live; stores bile.  
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choledoch/o   common bile duct--carries bile form the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum.(coledochus)  
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col/o   colon, large interstine  
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colon/o   colon  
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dent/i   tooth  
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duoden/o   duodenum--first part of the small intestine  
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enter/o   intestines, usually small intestines  
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esophag/o   esophagus--tube connecting the throat to the stomach.  
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faci/o   face  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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gingiv/o   gums  
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gloss/o   tongue  
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hepat/o   liver  
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ile/o   ileum--third part of the small intestine  
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jejun/o   jejunum--second part of the small intestine  
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labi/o   lip  
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lapar/o   abdomen  
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lingu/o   tongue  
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mandibul/o   lower jaw, mandible  
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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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peritone/o   peritoneum--double-layared membrane surrrounding the abdominal organs  
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pharyng/o   throat  
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proct/o   anus and rectum  
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pylor/o   pyloric sphincter--right muscle at the end of the stomach, near the duodenum.  
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rect/o   rectum--last section of the large intestine, connecting the end of the colon and the anus  
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sialaden/o   salivary gland  
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sigmoid/o   sigmoid colon--fourth and last, S-shaped segment of the colon, just before the rectum  
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stomat/o   mouth  
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uvul/o   uvula-- soft tissuel hanging form the middle of the soft palate  
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amyl/o   starch  
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bil/i   bile--digestive juice made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. It breaks up large fat globules  
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bilirubin/o   bilirubin (bile pigment)  
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chol/e   gall, bile  
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chlorhydr/o   hydrochloric acid  
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gluc/o   sugar  
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glyc/o   sugar  
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glycogen/o   glycogen, animal starch--starch; glucose is stored in the form of glycogen in liver cells  
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lip/o   fat, lipid  
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lith/o   stone  
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prote/o   protein  
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sial/o   saliva, salivary  
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steat/o   fat  
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-ase   enzyme--a chemical that speeds up a reaction between substances.  
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-chezia   defecation, elimination of wastes  
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-iasis   abnormal condition  
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-prandial   meal  
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