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AIMC Terminology 01
Digestive System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdominal |
| aden/o | gland |
| an/o | anus |
| angi/o | vessel |
| bil/i | bile |
| cheil/o | lips |
| chlorhydr/o | HCI |
| chol/e | bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| col/o, colon/o | large intestine, colon |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestines |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gluc/o, glyc/o | glucose, sugar |
| glycogen/o | glycogen |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum |
| inguin/o | groin |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laxat/o | to loosen |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | lipid, fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| odyn/o | pain |
| or/o | mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peps/o | digestion |
| phag/o | eating |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sial/o | saliva |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| steat/o | fat |
| stom/o | new opening |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| a-, an- | no, not, lack |
| ana- | up, apart, again |
| dys- | painful, difficult |
| ecto- | out |
| hyper- | excessive, elevated |
| hypo- | below, deficient, <normal |
| neo- | new |
| para- | beside, apart from |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| poly- | many, excessive |
| -al, -ary | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
| -chezia | defecation, elimination of waste |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | a cutting out, excision |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -gen, -genesis | producing, forming |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition of |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ive | nature of, quality of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ose | sugar |
| -osis | state of |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -phagia | eating |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptysis | spitting, sputum |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stasis | stoppage |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| alimentary canal | "food canal" - the path of the digestive tract(canal)through which food stuff moves; does not include salivary glands, liver, pancreas, or gallbladder; aliment means food |
| gastrointestinal tract | the digestive tract; the hollow tube through which foodstuffs pass from mouth to anus; aka alimentary canal |
| achlorhydria | lack of HCI in gastric juice |
| hypochlorhydria | deficiency of HCI in gastric juice |
| laparotomy | abdominal surgery |
| gastrotomy | stomach surgery |
| choledochotomy | surgery involving the common bile duct |
| anastomosis | the surgical creation of an opening (a joining) of two hollow organs inside the body |
| gastroduodenal | surgical joining of the stomach to the duodenum; aka gastroduodenostomy or a Billroth II procedure |
| gastrojejunostomy | the surgical creation of an opening b/t the stomach and the jejunum; bariatric surgery which reduces the size of the stomach and diverts food to the jejunum; aka gastric bypass |
| gastric bypass | bariatric surgery which reduces the size of the stomach and diverts food to the jejunum |
| choledochojejunostomy | an anastomosis between the common bile duct and the jejunum |
| cholecystojejunostomy | an anastomosis between the common bile duct and the jejunum |
| enterocolostomy | the surgical creation of an opening between (i.e., a joining of) the small and large intestines |
| gastrostomy | an artificial opening from the stomach to the outside of the body |
| ileostomy | an artificial opening from the ileum to the outside of the body |
| colostomy | an artificial opening from the colon to the outside of the body |
| sialadenectomy | surgical removal of one or more salivary glands |
| gastrectomy | surgical removal of the stomach |
| colectomy | surgical removal of (part of) the colon |
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