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CH 3 Study Guide
CH 3 REVIEW (Combining Forms)
Term | Definition |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
absorpt/o | absorb ; take in |
aden/o | gland |
adhes/o | to stick to |
aliment/o | food; nourishment |
amyl/o | starch |
anastom/o | creating an opening between two structures |
an/o | anus |
aphth/o | ulcer |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
ascit/o | ascites |
bili/o | bile; gall |
bi/o | life; living organisms; living tissue |
cancer/o | cancer |
carcin/o | cancer |
cec/o | cecum |
celi/o | abdomen |
cheil/o | lip |
chez/o | to pass feces |
chlor/o | chloride |
cholangi/o | bile duct |
chol/e | bile; gall |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
cirrh/o | yellow |
col/o | colon |
colon/o | colon |
constip/o | compacted feces |
contin/o | hold together |
degluti/o | swallowing |
digest/o | break down food; digest |
diverticul/o | diverticulum |
duoden/o | duodenum |
emet/o | to vomit |
emulsific/o | droplets of fat suspended in a liquid |
enter/o | intestine |
esophag/o | esophagus |
fec/a | feces; stool |
fec/o | feces; stool |
flatul/o | flatus (gas) |
gastr/o | stomach |
gloss/o | tongue |
gustat/o | the sense of taste |
hemat/o | blood |
hemorrh/o | a flowing of blood |
hemorrhoid/o | hemorrhoid |
hepat/o | liver |
ile/o | ileum |
intestine/o | intestine |
intussuscep/o | to receive within |
jaund/o | yellow |
jejun/o | jejunum |
kin/o | movement |
lact/o | milk |
lapar/o | abdomen |
lingu/o | tongue |
lith/o | stone |
lip/o | lipid (fat) |
log/o | word; the study of |
magnet/o | magnet |
mastic/o | chewing |
nas/o | nose |
obstip/o | severe constipation |
obstruct/o | blocked by a barrier |
omphal/o | umbilicus; navel |
operat/o | perform a procedure; surgery |
orex/o | appetite |
or/o | mouth |
ot/o | ear |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
pelv/o | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis) |
pepsin/o | pepsin |
peps/o | digestion |
pept/o | digestion |
perfor/o | to have an opening |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
periton/o | peritoneum |
phag/o | eating; swallowing |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
polyp/o | polyp |
proct/o | rectum |
pyr/o | fire; burning |
pylor/o | pylorus |
rect/o | rectum |
regurgitat/o | flow backward |
resect/o | to cut out; remove |
rotat/o | rotate |
rub/o | red |
saliv/o | saliva |
scop/o | examine with an instrument |
sial/o | saliva; salivary gland |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
son/o | sound |
spast/o | spasm |
splen/o | spleen |
stal/o | contraction |
steat/o | fat |
herni/o | hernia |
hiat/o | gap; opening |
hydr/o | water; fluid |
incis/o | to cut into |
infect/o | disease within |
inguin/o | groin |
mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw) |
stomat/o | mouth |
tom/o | cut; slice; layer |
transplant/o | move something to another place |
ulcerat/o | ulcer |
umbilic/o | umbilicus; navel |
ventr/o | front; abdomen |
vir/o | virus |