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Med Term Rice Ch8 CF
Medical Terminology Jane Rice Chapter 8 CF
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |