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Unit 4
Digestive System
Term | Definition |
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chol/e | gall, bile |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
col/o | colon |
cyst/o | bladder, sac |
duoden/o | duodenum |
enter/o | intestine |
esophag/o | esophagus |
esthesi/o | sensation |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gums |
gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
hepat/.o | liver |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
peps/o | digestion |
phag/o | eat, swallow |
phor/o | bear, carry |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
rect/o | rectum |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
splen/o | spleen |
stomat/o | mouth |
trich/o | 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 | make a new opening |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | eaat, swallow |
p-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhagia | hemorrhage |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | instrument used to look |
-scopy | process of looking using a scope |
-tomy | cut into |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |