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Ch 8 Digestive
Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/i | bile; gall |
| cec/o | cecum (first part of large intestine) |
| chol/e | gall; bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| col/o colon/o | colon; large intestine |
| cyst/o | cyst; fluid sac; bladder |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum (first part of small intestine) |
| enter/o | intestines (usually the small intestine) |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o glyc/o | sugar; glucose |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum (third part of the small intestine) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| jejun/o | jejunum (second part of the small intestine) |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall; abdomen |
| ling/o | tongue |
| lith/o | stone; calculus |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the abdominal organs) |
| phag/o | eat; swallow; engulf |
| pharyng/o | pharynx; throat |
| proct/o | rectum; anus |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon; sigmoid |
| splen/o | spleen |