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Chapter 6
Additional Suffixes and Digestive System Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, seperation |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping; sagging; protruding |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | stopping; controlling |
| -stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
| -tresia | opening |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestines |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | glucose |
| glyc/o | glucose |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/o | roof of mouth; palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| splen/o | spleen |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| steat/o | fat |
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