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Orange Terminology
Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acid/o | acid |
| aer/o | air |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/o | bile, gall |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| dent/o | teeth |
| duoden/o | duodenum (first part of small intestine) |
| enter/o | intestine (usually small) |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gum(s) |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glott/o | glottis |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum (third part of small intestine) |
| jejun/o | jejunum (second part of small intestine) |
| labi/o | lip |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| myx/o | mucus |
| odont/o | teeth |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| palat/o | palate (roof of mouth) |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharmaceutic/o | drug, medicine |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| polyp/o | small growth |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| ptyal/o | saliva |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| steat/o | fat |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| tonsil/o | tonsils |
| uvul/o | uvula |