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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bi/di | two |
| odyno | pain |
| re | back/again |
| dys | difficult/painful/abnormal |
| sub | under |
| ortho | straight/correct |
| endo | within |
| peri | around |
| hypo | under/below |
| trans | across |
| a/an | without/not |
| hemi | half |
| poly | many/excessive |
| retro | behind/backward |
| post | after |
| anti | against |
| dia | through |
| baro | weight/pressure |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| dont/o | tooth |
| dent/o | tooth |
| sial/o | saliva/salivary gland |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| pyr/o | fire/heat |
| duoden/o | duodenum (1st part of small intestine) |
| ile/o | ileum (3rd part of small intestine) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| aden/o | gland |
| lith/o | stone |
| diverticul/o | pouch/diverticulum |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| amyl/o | starch |
| lip/o | fat |
| proct/o | rectum/anus |
| enter/o | intestine |
| col/o | colon |
| angi/o | vessel/duct |
| phag/o | eat/swallow |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chol/e | bile/gall |
| cyst/o | bladder; in digestive terms forms gallbladder with chole- |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| hemat/o | blood |
| pepsia | digestion |
| -ist | specialist |
| -istry | medical specialty |
| -phagia | eating/swallowing |
| -dynia | pain |
| -flux | flow |
| -cele | hernia/protrusion |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -iasis | abnormal condition/presence of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ostomy | create an opening |
| -otomy | incision into |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -osis | condition |
| -oid | resembling |
| -entery | intestinal process |
| -iatric | medical specialty |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -ectasis | dilation/expansion |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -cytosis | increase in cells |
| -ography | process of recording/imaging |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -rrhea | flow/discharge |
| -algia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ogram | image/record |
| -cyte | cell |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -grade | going |
| -prandial | meals |
| -emesis | vomiting |