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chap 6 digestive sy
Medical Word Elements
| Element | Meaning |
|---|---|
| or/o | mouth--or/al: pertaining to the mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| labi/o | lip |
| dent/o | teeth--dent/ist: specialist who diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders of teeth |
| gingiv/o | gum(s) |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| odont/o | teeth--orth/odont/ist: dentist who specializes in correcting and preventing irregularities of abnormally positioned or aligned teeth |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| cheil/o | lip |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| pylor/o | pylorus--pylor/o/spasm:involuntary contraction of the pyloric sphincter of the stomach, as in pyloric stenosis -spasm: involuntary contraction, twitching |
| duoden/o | duodenum (first part of small intestine) |
| enter/o | intestine (usually small intestine) |
| jejun/o | jejunum (second part of small intestine) |
| ile/o | ileum (third part of small intestine) |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| rect/o | rectum |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| an/o | anus |
| hepat/o | liver |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| chol/e** | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| dia- | through, across |
| peri- | around |
| sub- | under, below |
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