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Health Quiz Terms
Digestive, Urinary, Endocrine
Term | Definition |
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cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
enter/o | intestine |
col/o, colon/o | colon; large intestine |
hepat/o | liver |
gastr/o | stomach |
or/o | mouth |
-pepsia | digestion |
chol/e | gall; bile |
proct/o | rectum; anus |
-cele | hernia, sweling, protrusion |
-lysis | breakdown; seperation; loosening |
cyst/o | cyst; fluid sac |
nephr/o | kidney |
ren/o | kidney |
-uria | urination; condition of urine |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
–tripsy | crushing |
pyel/o | renal pelivs |
glyc/o | sugar; glucose |
natr/o | sodium |
tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
aden/o | gland |
crin/o | secrete |
kal/i | potassium |
gonad/o | sex glands |
-dipsia | thirst |
-edema | swelling; fluid retention |
ex/o | outward; external |
home/o | stable; equilibrium |
ultra- | beyond; excess |