Ch.8 Digestive System Word Parts Flashcards
1
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Bil/i
A
bile/gall
2
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Chol/e
A
gall/bile
3
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Cholescyst/o
A
gallbladder
4
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Cirrh/o
A
orange-yellow
5
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Jaund/o
A
yellow
6
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Cyst/o
A
cyst/fluid sac/bladder
7
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Dent/o
A
tooth
8
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Odont/o
A
tooth
9
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Gingiv/o
A
gums
10
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Gloss/o
A
tongue
11
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Ling/o
A
tongue
12
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Inguin/o
A
groin
13
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Labi/o
A
lip
14
Q
Lapar/o
A
abdominal wall/abdomen
15
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Lith/o
A
stone/calculus
16
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Or/o
A
mouth
17
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Peritone/o
A
peritoneum (see textbook)
18
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Proct/o
A
rectum/anus
19
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Ultra-
A
beyond/excess
20
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De-
A
lack of/down/less/removal of
21
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-ase
A
enzyme
22
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-chezia
A
defecation/elim. of waste
23
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-clysis
A
irrigation/washing
24
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-orexia
A
appetite
25
-pepsia
digestion
26
-prandial
meal
27
abdomin/o
abdomen
28
an/o
anus
29
append/o or appendic/o
appendix
30
cec/o
cecum (1st part of large int.)
31
col/o or colon/o
colon/large int.
32
duoden/o
duodenum (1st part of SI)
33
enter/o
intestines (usu SI)
34
esophag/o
esophagus
35
gastr/o
stomach
36
gluc/o or glyc/o
sugar/glucose
37
hemat/o
blood
38
hepat/o
liver
39
ile/o
ileum (3rd part of SI)
40
jejun/o
jejunum (2nd part of SI)
41
pancreat/o
pancreas
42
-phagia
eating/swallowing
42
rect/o
rectum
42
phag/o
eat/swallow/engulf
43
pharyng/o
pharynx/throat
43
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon/ sigmoid
44
splen/o
spleen
45
a-, an-
not/without
46
dia-
through/complete
47
dys-
painful/difficult
48
endo-
in/within
49
epi-
on/over/upon
50
peri-
around/surrounding
51
post-
after/behind
52
pre-
before/in front of
53
sub-
below/under
54
-ac,-al,-eal,-ic
pertaining to
55
-ation
process/condition
56
-ectomy
surgical removal/excision
57
-emesis
vomiting
58
-gen
substance that produces
59
-ia
condition
60
-iasis
abnormal condition
61
-ist
specialist
62
-itis
inflammation
63
-megaly
enlargement
64
-osis
abnormal condition
65
-rrhea
excessive discharge/flow
66
-scope
instrument used to view
67
-stalsis
contraction
68
-stomy
surgical opening
69
-tripsy
crushing
70
-um, -us
structure/tissue/thing
