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Stack #4532798
TCHS medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomino | abdomen |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/o | bile (digestive fluid) |
| cec/o | cecum |
| chol/e | bile or gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| cirrh/o | orange yellow |
| col/o, colon/o | colon or large intestine |
| cyst/o | bladder or sac or cyst (fluid filled sac) |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum (first part of small intestine) |
| enter/o | intestine (usually small intestine) |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/p, glyc/o | sugar or glucose |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum (third part of small intestine) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| jejun/o | jejunum (second part of small intestine) |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen or abdominal wall |
| ling/o | tongue |
| lith/o | stone or calculus |
| mastic/o | mastication (process of chewing) |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | perotoneum (membrane that lines abdominal cavit & covers abdominal organs) |
| phag/o | swallow or engulf or eat |
| halit/o | breath |
| falt/o | blowing or gas |
| gurgit/o | flood |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| proct/o | rectum or anal |
| rect/o | rectum or anus |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid |
| splen/o | spleen |
| a-, an- | not or without |
| de- | lack of, down; less; removal of |
| dia- | through of complete |
| dys- | painful or difficult |
| endo- | inside or within |
| epi- | above; on; over; upon |
| peri- | around or surrounding |
| post- | after or behind |
| pre- | before or in front of |
| sub- | below or under |
| ultra- | beyond or excess |
| inter- | between |
| hemi- | half |
| anti- | against or opposed |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ael | pertaining to |
| -any | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -chezia | defecation; elimination of waste |
| -ectomy | surgical removal (excision) |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -gen | substance that produces or creates |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement of |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -algia | pain |
| -tresia | opening |
| -opsy | to view or examine |
| -scopy | procedure using an instrument to visually evaluate |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhea | excessive discharge or flow |
| -scope | insturment used to visually evaluate` |
| -stasis | contraction |
| -stomy | surgical opening into |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -um, -us | structure; tissue; thing |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -ion | process or action |
| -ine | pertaining to a substance or a chemical |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision into |
| -ice | state or condition |
| -graphy | the process of recording or imaging |
| -pathy | disease of |
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