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CH 3 Study Guide
CH 3 REVIEW (Combining Forms)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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