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digestive comb. form
combining forms of the digestive system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| absorpt/o | to take in |
| aden/o | gland |
| aliment/o | nourishment |
| amyl/o | starch |
| anabol/o | building up |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/i | gall, bile |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| catabol/o | a casting down |
| celi/o | abdomen, belly |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| cirrh/o | oranger-yellow |
| col/o | colon |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| dent/o | tooth |
| diverticul/o | diverticula |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophage/o, esophag/o | esophagus |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissue |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sweet, sugar |
| halit/o | breath |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemorrh/o | vein liable to bleed |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| odont/o | tooth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pept/o | to digest |
| pharyng/e, pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pil/o | hair |
| prand/i | meal |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| pylor/o | pylorus, gatekeeper |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid |
| splen/o | spleen |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| verm/i | worm |