Ch12 Word Parts: Digestive System Flashcards

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1
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abdomen/o

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abdomen

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aliment/o

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nourishment, nutrition

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an/o

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anus

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appendic/o

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appendix

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bil/o

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bile

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bucc/o

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cheek

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cec/o

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cecum

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cheil/o

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lip

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9
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chol/e

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bile

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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col/o, colon/o

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colon

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12
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dent/o

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tooth

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13
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duoden/o

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duodenum

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14
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enter/o

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small intestine

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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diverticul/o

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diverticulum (pouch opening from a tubular organ)

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gastr/o

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stomach

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hemat/o, hem/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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herni/o

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hernia

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21
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ile/o

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ileum

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22
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jejun/o

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jejunum

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23
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labi/o

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lip

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24
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lapar/o

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abdomen

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25
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lingu/o

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tongue

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lith/o

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stone, calculus

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odont/o

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tooth`

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or/o

A

mouth

29
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palat/o

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palate

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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peps/o

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digestion

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phag/o

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eat, swallow

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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polyp/o

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polyp

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proct/o

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anus, rectum

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pylor/o

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pylorus

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rect/o

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rectum

38
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sial/o

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saliva

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

40
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stomat/o

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mouth

41
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endo-

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in, within

42
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hyper-

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above, excessive

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peri-

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around, surrounding

44
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post-

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after, behind

45
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retro-

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backward, behind

46
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-algia

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pain

47
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-ase

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enzyme

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-cele

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herniation, protrusion

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-centesis

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puncture to aspirate

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-dynia

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pain

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-gen

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origin, production

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-gram

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record, recording

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-graphy

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technique of producing images

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-iasis

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condition of

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-logist

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one who specializes in

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-logy

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study of

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-prandial

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meal

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-ptosis

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prolapse, dropping, sagging

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-scope

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instrument for examination

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-scopy

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viewing or examining with an instrument

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-stenosis

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stricture, narrowing

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-stomy

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surgical opening

67
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-tomy

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incision

68
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-tripsy

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crushing