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Medical Terminology
Digestive System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cardi/o- | Heart |
| Gastr/o- | Stomach |
| Pulman/o- | Lungs |
| Muscul/o- | Muscles |
| Skelet/o- | Skeleton |
| -itis | Inflamation |
| -ic -al -us -ar -ac | Pertaining to or Talking about |
| -logy | Study Of |
| -pathy | Disease/Disease Of |
| -scope | Instrument Used to Look |
| -scopy | Process of Looking |
| Stomat/o- | Mouth |
| Esophag/o- | Esophagus |
| Gastr/o- | Stomach |
| Enter/o- | Intestines |
| Duoden/o- | Deuodenum |
| Jejun/o- | Jejunum |
| Ile/o- | Ileum |
| Col/o- Colon/o- | Colon |
| Proct/o- | Rectum And Anus |
| Gingiv/o- | Gums |
| Gloss/o- Lingu/o- | Tongue |
| Hepat/o- | Liver |
| Pancreat/o- | Pancreas |
| Dys- | Difficult/ Painful |
| -rrhea | Discharge/Flow |
| -rrhaphy | Suture/Stitch |
| -rrhagia | Hemorrage/Bleed |
| -rrhexis | Rupture/Burst |
| -plasty | Surgical Repair |
| -ectomy | Cut out, Remve, Excise |
| -tomy | Cut into, Incision |
| -logist | Specialist |
| -pepsia | Digestion |
| megal/o- -megaly | Enlarge |
| Bi/o- | Living |
| Sigmoid/o- | Sigmoid Colon |
| Rect/o- | Rectum |
| Sub- | Under |
| PO | By Mouth |
| NPO | Nothing By Mouth |
| N/V | Nausea And Vomitting |
| BID | Twice a Day |
| _ C | With |