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Digestive System
Chapter 8, Combining forms and roots
Term | Definition |
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Abdomin/o | abdomen |
An/o | anus |
Append/o | appendix |
Bil/i | bile,gall |
Cec/o | cecum (1st part of the large intestine) |
Chol/e | gall,bile |
Cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
Cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
Col/o,colon/o | colon,large intestine |
Cyst/o | cyst,fluid sac,bladder |
Dent/o | tooth |
Duoden/o | duodenum (1st part of the small intestine) |
Enter/o | intestines (usually the small intestine) |
Esophag/o | esophagus |
Gastr/o | stomach |
Gingiv/o | gums |
Gloss/o | tongue |
Gluc/o,Glyc/o | sugar,glucose |
Hemat/o | blood |
Hepat/o | liver |
ile/o | ileum (3rd part of the small intestine) |
Inguin/o | groin |
Jaund/o | yellow |
Jejun/o | jenjum (2nd part of the small intestine) |
Labi/o | lip |
Lapar/o | abdominal wall, abdomen |
Ling/o | tongue |
Lith/o | stone,calculus |
Odont/o | tooth |
Or/o | mouth |
Pancreat/o | pancreas |
Peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the abdominal organs) |
Phag/o | eat,swallow,engulf |
Pharyng/o | pharynx,throat |
Proct/o | rectum,anus |
Rect/o | rectum |
Sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon,sigmoid |
Splen/o | spleen |