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CWI Med Term Chapter 3 combining form
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o- | abdomen |
| aliment/0- | food; nourishment |
| an/o | anus |
| appendic/o- | small structure hanging from a larger structure |
| bilio- | bile; gall |
| cec/o- | cecum |
| celi/o- | abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chez/o- | to pass feces |
| cholangi/o- | bile duct |
| chol/e- | bile; gall |
| cholecyst/o- | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o- | common bile duct |
| col/o- | colon |
| colon/o- | colon |
| constip/o- | compacted feces |
| degluti/o- | swallowing |
| digest/o- | break down food; digest |
| diverticul/o- | diverticulum |
| duoden/o- | duodenum |
| enter/o- | intestine |
| esophag/o- | esophagus |
| fec/a | feces; stool |
| fec/o- | feces; stool |
| gastro/o- | stomach |
| gloss/o- | toung |
| gustat/o- | the sense of taste |
| hemat/o- | blood |
| hemorrhoid/o- | hemorrhoid |
| hepat/o- | liver |
| ile/o- | ileum |
| intestin/o- | intestine |
| jejun/o- | jejunum |
| lapar/o- | abdomen |
| lingu/o- | tougue |
| lith/o- | stone |
| mastic/o- | chewing |
| nause/o- | nausea |
| omphal/o | umbilicus; navel |
| orex/o- | appetite |
| or/o- | mouth |
| pancreat/o- | pancreas |
| peps/o- | digestion |
| pept/o- | digestion |
| pertione/o- | peritoneum |
| phag/o- | eating; swallowing |
| pharyng/o- | pharynx (throat) |
| polyp/o- | polyp |
| rect/o- | rectum |
| regurgitat/o- | flow backward |
| saliv/o- | saliva; salivary gland |
| sial/o- | saliva; salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o- | sigmoid colon |
| stomat/o- | mouth |
| umbilic/o- | umbilicus; navel |