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Med. Term. Ch 6
Digestive System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ectasis, -ectasia | Stretching, Dialation |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -lysis | Destruction, Breakdown |
| -pepsia | Digestion |
| -phagia | Eating, Swallowing |
| -plasty | Surgical Repair |
| -ptosis | Drooping, Sagging |
| -ptysis | Spitting |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | Bursting forth (blood) |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -rrhea | Flow, Discharge |
| -spasm | Involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | Sgopping, Controlling |
| -stenosis | Tightening, Narrowing |
| -tresia | Opening |
| Bucc/o | Cheek |
| Cec/o | Cecum |
| Celi/o | Belly, Abdomen |
| Cheil/o | Lip |
| Chol/e | Bile, gall |
| Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
| Choledoch/o | Bile duct |
| Col/o | Colon |
| Colon/o | Colon |
| Dent/i | Teeth |
| Duoden/o | Duodenum (1st part of small intestines) |
| Enter/o | Intedtine (small) |
| Esophag/o | Esophagus |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Gingiv/o | Gums |
| Gloss/o | Tongue |
| Gluc/o | Sugar |
| Glyc/o | Sugar |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Herni/o | Hernia |
| Ile/o | Ilium |
| Jejun/o | 2nd part of the small intestines |
| Labi/o | Lip |
| Lingu/o | Tongue |
| Lip/o | Fat |
| Lith/o | Stone |
| Ordont/o | Teeth |
| Or/o | Mouth |
| Palat/o | Roof Of Mouth |
| Pancreat/o | Pancreas |
| Proct/o | Anus, rectum |
| Pylor/o | Pylorus |
| Rect/o | Rectum |
| Sialaden/o | Salivary glands |
| Splen/o | Spleen |
| Steat/o | Fat |
| Stomat/o | Mouth |