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Medical terminology
| GI | gastrointestinal |
|---|---|
| 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 |