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Medical Terminology
Chapter 5 & 6 - Digestive System Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amyl/o | starch |
| bil/i | gall ; bile |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum (first section of large intestine) |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| chol/e | gall ; bile |
| cholangi/o | bile duct (vessel) |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| duoden/o | duodenum (first section of small intestine) |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small) |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| faci/o | face |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycogen/o | glycogen ; animal starch |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum (third section of small intestine) |
| jejun/o | jejunum (second section of small intestine) |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw ; mandible |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/.o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum (double-layer membrane in abdomen) |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| prote/o | protein |
| py/o | pus |
| prylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | saliva ; salivary |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon (fifth section of large intestine) |
| splen/o | spleen |
| steat/o | fat |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| -ase | enzymes |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -chezia | defecation ; elimination of waste |
| -ectasis ; -ectasia | dilation ; widening |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | producing ; forming |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -lysis | breakdown ; separation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pathy | disease ; emotion |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating ; swallowing |
| -plasty | surgically repair |
| -prandial | meal |
| -ptosis | droop ; sag ; fall |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage ; -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow ; discharge |
| -scope | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stasis | stoppage ; control |
| -stenosis | narrowing ; contracting |
| -stomy | new opening (to form mouth) |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tresia | opening |
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