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Health Quiz Terms
Digestive, Urinary, Endocrine
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |