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Module 11
Medical Terminology Module 11 Fall Semester 2025
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aliment/o- | to nourish |
| Amylo- | starch |
| Append/o- | appendage |
| -ase | enzyme |
| attrit/i- | wearing out |
| baro- | weight |
| bas/o- | basic or at base |
| beri- | weakness |
| bil/i- | bile or gall |
| blenno- | mucus |
| bol/o- | lump or ball |
| brux- | grinding |
| bulimo- | hunger |
| cata- | breakdown or down |
| cebo- | meal or food |
| cec/o- | blind pouch |
| -cece | naval |
| cement/o- | hard |
| cholangio- | bile duct |
| chole- | bile or gall |
| cholecyst/o- | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o- | gallbladder duct (canal) |
| cholera | biliary acute diarrhea |
| chyme- | juice |
| coel- | hollow belly or cavity |
| col/o- | colon (large intestine) |
| colon/o- | colon or large intestine |
| cord- | vocal cords or cord |
| cras/o- | mixture |
| -creas | fleshy or flesh |
| cric/o- | ring |
| cusp- | point |
| de- | away |
| dent/o- | tooth or teeth |
| diverticul/o- | outpouching |
| doch/o- | duct or canal |
| dont/o- | tooth or teeth |
| dracuncul/o- | little dragon |
| duoden/o- | twelve |
| emac/i- | to grow thin |
| -emesis | vomit |
| enamel | hard |
| entero- | intestine (usually refers to small intestine) |
| eruct/o- | belching |
| eso- | toward |
| fec/o- | stool or fecal matter |
| flat/o- | to blow |
| -flux | to flow |
| -form | shaped, shape, form |
| gastr/o- | stomach |
| gingiv/o- | gum |
| gloss/o- | tongue |
| glott/o- | back of tongue |
| -glutition | to swallow |
| gnath- | jaw or cheek |
| gout | a drop |
| gust/o- | tasting or to taste |
| halit/o- | breath |
| hepat/o- | liver |
| herni/o- | rupture or protrusion |
| hiat- | an opening |
| -hiscence | to gape open |
| ile/o- | twisted |
| ilio- | flank |
| in- | into or not |
| inguin/o- | groin |
| -in | substance or chemical |
| jejuno- | to empty (2nd part of the small intestine) |
| kali- | potassium |
| ket/o- | sour or acid |
| labio- | lip |
| -lalia | talk or talking |
| lap/i- | stone |
| lingu- | tongue |
| lith/o- | stone, calculus, or rock |
| logo- | speech or words |
| masset/o- | chewer or to chew |
| mastic/o- | to chew or chewing |
| megalo- | huge or large |
| -mentum | chin |
| mes/o- | middle |
| mogi- | difficult |
| mol/o- | to mill or grind |
| nutri/o- | to nourish |
| -o/rrhexis | rupture or protrusion |
| odont/o- | tooth |
| omphal/o- | navel or umbilicus |
| ora- | mouth |
| -orexia | apetite |
| orth/o- | straight, normal, correct |
| palat/o- | palate, plate, or plate of the mouth roof |
| peps/o- | digestion |
| pharyng/o- | throat |
| phas- | speech or speaking |
| phas/o- | speech or speaking |
| phraso- | speech or talk |
| -phthisis | wasting |
| prand/i- | meal or breakfast |
| proct/o- | rectum or anus |
| ptyal/o- | saliva |
| -ptysis | spitting or spit |
| pyl/o- | gatekeeper |
| rect/o- | rectum or straight |
| rug/a- | folds |
| saliv/o- | spit |
| scato- | dung or feces |
| scurvy | to scratch |
| sial/o- | saliva or spit |
| sigmoid/o- | s-shaped |
| sphinct/o- | that which binds together |
| -stalsis | to contract |
| sterco- | stool, fecal matter, or dung |
| stomat/o- | mouth |
| -susception | to receive |
| tonsill/o- | almond shape |
| trachy- | rough |
| typhl/o- | blind pouch or first part of big colon |
| -ula | small or lesser |
| ulcer- | sore |
| ulo- | gum |
| uv- | grape |
| uve/o- | grape |
| uvul/o- | grape |
| valvul/o- | tiny fold or small valve |
| vill/i- | shaggy hair |
| vox | voice |
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