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Digestive System
Chapter 8, Combining forms and roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |