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Chapter 6
Ch 6 - Digestive System - Combining Forms, Suffixes
| Suffixes | meaning |
|---|---|
| amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/i | bile; gall |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cib/o | meals |
| col/o | colon; large intestine |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestines) |
| esophag/o | esophogus |
| eti/o | causation, cause |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hem/o | blood |
| herni/o | hernia |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall, abdomen |
| labi/o | lip |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| odont/o | tooth |
| odyn/o | painful |
| or/o | mouth |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| prote/o | protein |
| pylor/o | pylorus, pyloric sphincter |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| splen/o | spleen |
| steat/o | fat; lipid; sebum |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -chezia | defecation; elimination of waste |
| -ectasia | stretching; dilation; widening |
| -ectomy | removal, excision, resection |
| -spasm | sudden constriction of muscles |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | producing; forming |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating; swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -prandial | meal |
| -ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; fall |
| -tresia | opening |