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Chapter 6
Additional Suffixes and Digestive System Terminology
Term | Definition |
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-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 |