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Chapter 6
Ch 6 - Digestive System - Combining Forms, Suffixes
Suffixes | meaning |
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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 |