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Medical terminology
GI | gastrointestinal |
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Or/o | oral |
gloss/o | tongue |
bucc/o | cheeks |
Gastr/o | stomach |
append/o | appendix |
dent/o | teeth |
gingiv/o | gums |
proct/o | anus,rectum |
stomat/o | inflammation of the mouth |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
emesis | vomit |
pepsia | digestion |
rrhea | discharge/flow |
halitosis | offensiveness or bad breath |
Eupepsia | good/normal digestion |
dysphagia | inability or difficulty in swallowing/ also called aphagia |
mastication | mechanically breaking down food |
anorexia | lack or loss of appetite, inability to eat |
peristalsis | coordinated, rhythmic muscle contractions that move food through the GI tract |
Deglutition | swallowing |
bolus | food broken down by chemical and teeth |
steatorrhea | passage of fat in large amounts in the feces due to failure to digest and absorb it |
cachexia | general lack of nutrition and washing away due to chronic disease |
hepat/o | liver |
flatus | gas in the GI tract, expelling of air from a body orifice, especially in the anus |
esopho/o | esophogus |
choledoch/o | bile duct |