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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Question | Answer |
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an/o | anus |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
bucc/o | cheek |
cec/o | cecum |
cheil/o | lip |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
col/o | colon, large intestine |
colon/o | colon |
dent/i | tooth |
duoden/o | duodenum |
enter/o | intestines, usually small intestine |
esophag/o | esophagus |
gastr/0 | stomach |
gingiv/o | gums |
gloss/o | tongue |
hepat/o | liver |
jejun/o | jejunum |
lapar/o | abdomen |
lingu/o | tongue |
mandibul/o | mandible |
odont/o | tooth |
or/o | mouth |
palat/o | palate |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
pharyng/o | throat |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
rect/o | rectum |
sialaden/o | salivary gland |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
uvul/o | uvula |
bil/i | bile, gall |
bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
chol/e | gall, bile |
gluc/o | sugar |
glyc/o | sugar |
lip/o | fat |
lith/o | stone |
-ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilation, widening |
-emesis | vomiting |
-lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles |
-stasis | to stop, control |
-stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
-tresia | opening |