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digestive comb. form
combining forms of the digestive system
Term | Definition |
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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 |