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Unit 4
Digestive System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| col/o | colon |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi | sensation |
| gastr | stomach |
| gingiv | gums |
| gloss/lingu | tongue |
| hepat | liver |
| lith | stone/calculus |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| peps | digestion |
| phag | eat/swallow |
| phor | bear/carry |
| proct | anus/rectum |
| rect | rectum |
| sigmoid | sigmoid colon |
| splen | spleen |
| stomat | mouth |
| trich | hair |
| dys | difficult,painful,bad,abnormal |
| eu | easy/good |
| mal | bad/poor |
| sub | below |
| cele | hernia |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| ectomy | excise |
| iasis | condition, usually infestation |
| meter | instrument |
| metry | process/measuring |
| ostomy | making a new opening |
| pepsia | digestion |
| phagia | eat/swallow |
| plegia | paralysis |
| rrhagia | hemorrhage |
| rrhea | flow/discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| scope | instrument used to look |
| scopy | process of looking through a scope |
| tomy | cut into |
| tripsy | surgical crushing |
| AC | before meals |
| BE | bariun enema |
| BM | bowel movement |
| EGD | esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
| GB | `gallbladder |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| HAA | hepatitis-associated antigen |
| HBV | hepatitis B virus |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| PO | by mouth |
| PC | after meals |
| UGI | upper gastrointestinal series |