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Terminology Ch.V
Medical terminology - Combining form, Prefix, & Suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomen/o | abdomen |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| append/o | that which is added, vermiform appendix |
| appendic/o | that which is added, vermiform appendix |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| bil/i | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| halit/o | breath |
| colon/o | colon, large intestine |
| col/o | colon, large intestine |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| esophagi/o | esophagus |
| ile/o | ileum (3rd part of small intestine) |
| intestine/o | intestine |
| enter/o | intestine |
| lip/o | fat |
| hepat/o | blood |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| py/o | pus |
| rect/o | rectum, straight |
| proct/o | rectum/anus |
| enter/o | small intestine, intestine |
| gluc/o | sugar, glucose |
| dia- | through, complete |
| mal- | bad, poor |
| par- | beside, near |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -chezia | condition of stools |
| -emesis | vomit, vomiting |
| -pepsia | digestion condition |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stenosis | abnormal condition of narrowing |
| -tresia | condition of an opening |