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Ch 6 - Digestive System - Combining Forms, Suffixes

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Suffixes
meaning
amyl/o   starch  
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an/o   anus  
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appendic/o   appendix  
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bil/i   bile; gall  
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bronch/o   bronchus  
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celi/o   belly, abdomen  
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cheil/o   lip  
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cholangi/o   bile vessel  
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cib/o   meals  
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col/o   colon; large intestine  
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dent/i   tooth  
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duoden/o   duodenum  
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enter/o   intestines (usually small intestines)  
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esophag/o   esophogus  
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eti/o   causation, cause  
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gloss/o   tongue  
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glyc/o   sugar  
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hem/o   blood  
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herni/o   hernia  
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lapar/o   abdominal wall, abdomen  
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labi/o   lip  
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lingu/o   tongue  
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lip/o   fat, lipid  
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lymphangi/o   lymph vessel  
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mandibul/o   lower jaw, mandible  
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men/o   menses, menstruation  
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odont/o   tooth  
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odyn/o   painful  
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or/o   mouth  
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peritone/o   peritoneum  
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proct/o   anus and rectum  
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prote/o   protein  
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pylor/o   pylorus, pyloric sphincter  
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rect/o   rectum  
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sialaden/o   salivary gland  
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sigmoid/o   sigmoid colon  
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splen/o   spleen  
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steat/o   fat; lipid; sebum  
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stomat/o   mouth  
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tonsill/o   tonsil  
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-ase   enzyme  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluid  
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-chezia   defecation; elimination of waste  
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-ectasia   stretching; dilation; widening  
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-ectomy   removal, excision, resection  
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-spasm   sudden constriction of muscles  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-genesis   producing; forming  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-iasis   abnormal condition  
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-lysis   breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-orexia   appetite  
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-pathy   disease; emotion  
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-pepsia   digestion  
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-phagia   eating; swallowing  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-prandial   meal  
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-ptosis   droop; sag; prolapse; fall  
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-tresia   opening  
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