click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
chp9 wp
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aliment/o | nourishment, nutrition |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/i | bile, gall |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum (first part of large intestine) |
| cheil/o | lip |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| col/o, colon/o | colon, large intestine |
| cyst/o | cyst, fluid sac, bladder |
| dent/i, dont/o | tooth |
| dips/o | thirst |
| duoden/o | duodenum (first part of small intestine) |
| diverticul/o | diverticulum |
| 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, hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| 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 | abdominal wall, abdomen |
| ling/o | tongue |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane lining the abdominal cavity and covering abdominal organs) |
| phag/o | eat, swallow, engulf |
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| proct/o | rectum, anus |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon, sigmoid |
| splen/o | spleen |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| a-, an- | not, without |
| de- | lack of, down, less, removal of |
| dia- | through, complete |
| dys- | painful, difficult |
| endo- | in, within |
| epi- | on, over, upon |
| hypo- | below, below normal, deficient |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| sub- | below, under |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| -ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -ation | process, condition |
| -chezia | defecation, elimination of waste |
| -clysis | irrigation, washing |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | process, abnormal condition |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, excessive discharge |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -um, -us | structure, tissue, thing |