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medical terminology
digestive system root words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| lip/o | fat |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gluc/o or glyc/o | sugar |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| lith/o | stone |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| proct/o or rect/o | rectum |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| hepat/o | liver |
| bil/i or chol/e | bile |
| or/o or stomat/o | mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| an/o | anus |
| ile/o | ileum |