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05.1 CF Gastroentero
Combining forms for the Gastroenterology unit.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o- | abdomen |
| absorpt/o- | absorb; take in |
| aden/o- | gland |
| adhes/o- | to stick to |
| aliment/o- | food; nourishment |
| amyl/o- | carbohydrate; starch |
| anastom/o- | create an opening between two structures |
| an/o- | anus |
| aphth/o- | ulcer |
| append/o- | appendix |
| appendic/o- | appendix |
| ascit/o- | ascites |
| bili/o- | bile; gall |
| bi/o- | life; living organisms; living tissue |
| cancer/o- | cancer |
| carcin/o- | cancer |
| cec/o- | cecum |
| celi/o- | abdomen |
| cellul/o- | cell |
| cheil/o- | lip |
| chez/o- | to pass feces |
| chlor/o- | chloride |
| cholangi/o- | bile duct |
| chol/e- | bile; gall |
| cholecyst/o- | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o- | common bile duct |
| cirrh/o- | yellow |
| col/o- | colon |
| colon/o- | colon |
| constip/o- | compacted feces |
| contin/o- | hold together |
| degluti/o- | swallowing |
| digest/o- | break down food; digest |
| diverticul/o- | diverticulum |
| duoden/o- | duodenum |
| emet/o- | to vomit |
| emulsific/o- | droplets of fat suspended in a liquid |
| enter/o- | intestine |
| esophag/o- | esophagus |
| fec/a- | feces; stool |
| fec/o- | feces; stool |
| flatul/o- | flatus (gas) |
| gastr/o- | stomach |
| gloss/o- | tongue |
| gustat/o- | the sense of taste |
| hemat/o- | blood |
| hemorrh/o- | a flowing of blood |
| hemorrhoid/o- | hemorrhoid |
| hepat/o- | liver |
| herni/o- | hernia |
| hiat/o- | gap; opening |
| hydr/o- | water; fluid |
| incis/o- | to cut into |
| infect/o- | disease within |
| inguin/o- | groin |
| mandibul/o- | mandible (lower jaw) |
| ile/o- | ileum |
| intestine/o- | intestine |
| intussuscep/o- | to receive within |
| jaund/o- | yellow |
| jejun/o- | jejunum |
| kin/o- | movement |
| lact/o- | milk |
| lapar/o- | abdomen |
| lingu/o- | tongue |
| lith/o- | stone |
| lip/o- | lipid (fat) |
| log/o- | word; the study of |
| magnet/o- | magnet |
| mastic/o- | chewing |
| nas/o- | nose |
| obstip/o- | severe constipation |
| obstruct/o- | blocked by a barrier |
| omphal/o- | umbilicus; navel |
| operat/o- | perform a procedure; surgery |
| orex/o- | appetite |
| or/o- | mouth |
| ot/o- | ear |
| pancreat/o- | pancreas |
| pelv/o- | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis) |
| pepsin/o- | pepsin |
| peps/o- | digestion |
| pept/o- | digestion |
| perfor/o- | to have an opening |
| peritone/o- | peritoneum |
| periton/o- | peritoneum |
| phag/o- | eating; swallowing |
| pharyng/o- | pharynx (throat) |
| polyp/o- | polyp |
| proct/o- | rectum |
| pyr/o- | fire; burning |
| pylor/o- | pylorus |
| rect/o- | rectum |
| regurgitat/o- | flow backward |
| resect/o- | to cut out; remove |
| rotat/o- | rotate |
| rub/o- | red |
| saliv/o- | saliva |
| scop/o- | examine with an instrument |
| sial/o- | saliva; salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o- | sigmoid colon |
| son/o- | sound |
| spast/o- | spasm |
| splen/o- | spleen |
| stal/o- | contraction |
| steat/o- | fat |
| stomat/o- | mouth |
| tom/o- | cut; slice; layer |
| transplant/o- | move something to another place |
| ulcerat/o- | ulcer |
| umbilic/o- | umbilicus; navel |
| ventr/o- | front; abdomen |
| vir/o- | virus |