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Orange Module
Orange Module Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acid/o | acid |
| aer/o | air |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/I chol/e | bile, gall |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cheil/o labi/o | lip |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| col/o colon/o | colon |
| dent/o odont/o odent/o | teeth |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gum (s) |
| gloss/o lingu/o | tongue |
| glott/o | glottis |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| lip/o lipid/o steat/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| myx/o | mucus |
| or/o stomat/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| palat/o | palate |
| 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 |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| -al -ical -ary -ic | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ole | small, minute |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tomy | incision |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| dia- | through, across |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| orth- | straight |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after, behind |
| sub- | under, below |
| leuk/o | white |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -plakia | plaque |