chap 6 digestive sy Word Scramble
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Element | Meaning |
or/o | mouth--or/al: pertaining to the mouth |
stomat/o | mouth |
gloss/o | tongue |
lingu/o | tongue |
bucc/o | cheek |
labi/o | lip |
dent/o | teeth--dent/ist: specialist who diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders of teeth |
gingiv/o | gum(s) |
sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
esophag/o | esophagus |
odont/o | teeth--orth/odont/ist: dentist who specializes in correcting and preventing irregularities of abnormally positioned or aligned teeth |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
cheil/o | lip |
gastr/o | stomach |
pylor/o | pylorus--pylor/o/spasm:involuntary contraction of the pyloric sphincter of the stomach, as in pyloric stenosis -spasm: involuntary contraction, twitching |
duoden/o | duodenum (first part of small intestine) |
enter/o | intestine (usually small intestine) |
jejun/o | jejunum (second part of small intestine) |
ile/o | ileum (third part of small intestine) |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
col/o | colon |
colon/o | colon |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
rect/o | rectum |
proct/o | anus, rectum |
an/o | anus |
hepat/o | liver |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
cholangi/o | bile vessel |
chol/e** | bile, gall |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | bile duct |
-emesis | vomit |
-iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
-megaly | enlargement |
-orexia | appetite |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | swallowing, eating |
-prandial | meal |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
dia- | through, across |
peri- | around |
sub- | under, below |
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