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Med Term Rice Ch8 CF
Medical Terminology Jane Rice Chapter 8 CF
Term | Definition |
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absorpt/o | to suck in |
aden/o | gland |
amyl/o | starch |
anabol/o | building up |
catabol/o | casting down |
cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
bil/i | bile, gall |
bucc/o | cheek |
celi | abdomen, belly |
cheil | lip |
chol/e | gall, bile |
col | colon |
col/o | colon |
colon | colon |
colon/o | colon |
cyst | bladder, sac |
dent | tooth |
constipat | to press together |
diverticul | diverticula |
duoden | duodenum |
enter | intestines |
defecat | to remove dregs |
esophage/o | esophagus |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv | gums |
gloss/o | tongue |
glyc/o | glucose |
hemat | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
herni/o | hernia |
ile/o | ileum |
labi | lip |
lapar/o | abdomen |
laxat | to loosen |
lingu | tongue |
lip/o | fat |
log | study |
mes | middle |
pancreat | pancreas |
pept | to digest |
pharyng/e | throat |
prand/i | meal |
eme | to vomit |
proct/o | rectum |
pylor | pylorus, gatekeeper |
rect/o | rectum |
sial | saliva, salivary |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid |
splen/o | spleen |
stomat | mouth |
tox | poison |
eructat | breaking out |
verm/i | worm |
halit | breath |
hemorrh | vein liable to bleed |
alimentat | nourishment |
masticat | to chew |
paralyt | to disable, paralysis |
pil/o | hair |
nid | nest |
volvul | to roll |
odont | tooth |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful, abnormal |
post- | after behind |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
-orexia | appetite |
-stalsis | contraction |
doch/o | duct |
-lysis | destruction, to separate |