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Chapter 13
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ad- | toward |
| anti- | against, opposing |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | bad, abnormal, painful, difficult |
| pan- | all, entire |
| peri- | around, about |
| re-, retro- | back |
| abdomin/o | abdomen, abdominal cavity |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | to hang onto, appendix |
| bil/i | bile |
| cec/o | blind intestine, cecum |
| celi/o | abdomen, abdominal cavity |
| cheil/o | lip |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| cirrh/o | orange |
| col/o, colon/o | colon |
| dent/o | teeth |
| diverticul/o | a small blind pouch, diverticulum |
| duoden/o | twelve, duodenum |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| esophag/e, esophag/o | gullet, esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| halit/o | breath |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hern/o, herni/o | rupture or protrusion through a weakened membrane or wall (hernia) |
| hemorrh/o | likely to bleed |
| ile/o | to roll, ileum |
| inguin/o | groin |
| jejun/o | empty, jejunum |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lith/o | stone |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/o | roof of the mouth, palate |
| pancreat/o | sweetbread, pancreas |
| peps/o, pept/o | digestion |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | to stretch over, peritoneum |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
| polyp/o | a small growth, polyp |
| proct/o | rectum, anus |
| pylor/o | gatekeeper, pylorus |
| rect/o | straight, erect, rectum |
| rubin/o | red pigment |
| sial/o | saliva |
| sigmoid/o | the letter S |
| spasm/o | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
| steat/o | fat |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| uvul/o | grape, uvula |
| -cele | hernia, swelling, protrusion |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluids |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emetic | pertaining to vomiting |
| -iasis | condition of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -pepsia | condition of digestion |
| -ptosis | falling down, drooping |
| rrhaphy | suturing |
| -rrhea | excessive discharge (of fluid) |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
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