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Gastro Word Parts
Digestive Word Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| or/o stomat/o | mouth |
| gloss/o lingu/o | tongue |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cheil/o labi/o | lip |
| dent/o odont/o | tooth |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| palat/o | palate |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| submaxill/o | lower jaw |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall, abdomen |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| sphincter/o | sphincter |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small) |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| ile/o | ileum |
| col/o colon/o | colon |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| cec/o | cecum |
| rect/o | rectum |
| an/o | anus, opening of the rectum |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| append/o appendi/o | appendix |
| bil/i | biliary system |
| cirrh/o | yellow, tawny |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| hepat/o | liver |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin |
| amyl/o | starch |
| gluc/o glyc/o | glucose, sugar |
| lip/o steat/o | fat, lipid |
| glycogen/o | glycogen |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| splen/o | spleen |
| chlorhydria | hydrochloric acid |
| crine | to secrete |
| emesis | vomit |
| iasis | abnormal condition, formation of, presence of |
| lith | calculus, stone |
| phagia | ingesting, swallowing, eating |
| prandial | pertaining to a meal |
| rrhea | discharge, flow |
| ase | enzyme |
| clysis | irrigation, washing |
| pepsia | digestion |
| ptysis | spitting |
| stalsis | contraction |
| stasis | stopping, control |
| stenosis | tightening, stricture |
| tresia | opening |
| orexia | appetite |