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Medical Term Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acid/o | acid |
| aer/o | air |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| bil/i | bile |
| 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 |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glott/o | glottis |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejnum |
| labi/o | lips |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone, calculous |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| myx/o | mucus |
| odent/o | teeth |
| odont/o | teeth |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharamaceutic/o | drug, medicine |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| polyp/o | small growth |
| proct/o | rectum,anus |
| ptyal/o | salvia |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| steat/o | fat |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia; protusion |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emesis | vomitting |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -logist | specialist in study of |
| -lysis | seperation; destruction, loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ole | small minute |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction twitching |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| a-, an- | without or absence |
| dia- | through; across |
| dys- | bad,painful, difficult |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| orth- | straight |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after, behind |
| sub- | under; below |
| abc | aspiration biopsy cyology |
| aids | acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| alt | alaine aminotransferase |
| ast | aspartate aminotransferase |
| ba | barium |
| bae,be | barium enema |
| bm | bowel movement |
| bmi | body mass index |
| cah | chronic active hepatitis |
| cf | cystic fibrosis |
| ct | computed tomography |
| egd | esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| eswl | extracorporeal shock-wave lithotrispy |
| eud | endoscopic ultrasonography |
| gb | gallbladder |
| gbp | gastric bypass |
| gbs | gallbladder series |
| ger | gastroesophageal reflux |
| gerd | gastroesophageual reflux diease |
| gi | gastrointestinal |
| hav | hepatitis a virus |
| hbv | hepatitis b virus |
| hci | hydrochloric acid |
| hcv | hepatitis c virus |
| hdv | hepatitis d virus |
| hev | hepatitis e virus |
| ibd | irritable bowel diseasae |
| ibs | irritable bowel syndrome |
| ivc | intravenous cholangiogram(graphy) |
| les | lower esophageal sphincter |
| lft | liver function test |
| lpr | larynogopharngeal refulx |
| mrcp | magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatrography |
| ng | nasogastric |
| ocg | oral cholecystorgaphy |
| pud | peptic ulcer diseasae |
| r/o | rule out |
| rgb | roux-en-y-gastric bypass |
| ugi | upper gastrointestinal |
| ugis | upper gastrointestional series |
| upp | uvulopalapharynogoplasty |
| us | ultrasound; ultrasonography |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
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