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HCP102 PART 2
JESSICA SHORES
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| an/o | anus,ring |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| col/o, colon/o | colon, large intestine |
| gastro/ | stomach, belly |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -pepsia | digest, digestion |
| -lithiasis | presence of stones |
| hepat/o | liver |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| rect/o | rectum, straight |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
| dia- | through, between, apart, complex |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilatation, enlargement, |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -uria | urination, urine |
| cervic/o | cervix, (neck of uterus) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| gynec/o | women, female |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menstration, menses |
| orchid/o | testicles |
| ov/o | egg, ovum |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| -para | to give birth |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube |
| terst/i | testicles, testis |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| acr/o | extremities, (hands and feet) top, extreme point |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| crin/o | secrete |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| glyc/o | glucose, sugar |
| gonad/o | gonad, sex glands |
| -ism | condition, state of |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| poly- | many |
| somat/o | body |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |