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ORANGE MOD
Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acid/o | acid |
| aer/o | air |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/i | bile/gall |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | bile/gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessle |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| 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 | jejunum |
| labi/o | lip |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone/calculus |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| myx/o | mucus |
| odent/o | teeth |
| odont/o | teeth |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancrease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharmacetic/o | drug/medicine |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| polyp/o | small growth |
| proct/o | anus/rectum |
| 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, swelling |
| -ectomy | excision/removal |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lith | stone/calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -lysis | separation/loosening/destruction |
| -meagly | enlargement |
| -ole | small/minute |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -plakia | plague |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| a-,an- | without, not |
| dia- | through, across |
| dys- | bad, painful, diffucult |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| orth- | straight |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after, behind |
| sub- | under, below |
| ABC | aspiration biopsy cytology |
| AIDS | acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| ALT | alanine amimotransferase |
| AST | angiotensin sensitivity test |
| Ba | barium |
| BE | barium enema |
| BMI | body mass index |
| CAH | chronic active hypatitis |
| CF | cystic fibrosis |
| CT | computed tomography |
| EGD | esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| ESWL | extrocorporeal shock-wave therapy |
| EUS | endoscopic ultrasonography |
| GB | gallbladder |
| GERD | gastroesophagul reflux |
| GI | gastrointensinal |
| 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 diease |
| IBS | irritable bowel syndrome |
| IVC | intravenous cholanigography |
| LES | lower esophagal reflux |
| LFT | liver function test |
| LPR | layngopharyngogeal reflux |
| MRCP | magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography |
| NG | nasogastric |
| OCG | oral cholecystography |
| PUD | peptic ulcer diease |
| R/O | rule out |
| RGB | Roux-En-Y gastric bypass |
| UGI | upper gastrointestinal |
| UGIS | upper gastrointestinal series |
| UPP | uvulopalatopharyngoplasty |
| US | ultrasonography |