Chapter 3 Vocab Review Flashcards by Kezia Varughese

absorpt/o-

absorb; take in

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aden/o-

gland

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adhes/o-

to stick to

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aliment/o-

food; nourishment

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amyl/o-

carbohydrate; strarch

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an/o-

anus

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anastom/o-

create an opening between two structures

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aphth/o-

ulcer

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append/o-

small structure hanging from a larger structure

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appendic/o-

appendix

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ascit/o-

ascites

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bili/o-

bile; gall

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cancer/o-

cancer

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carcin/o-

cancer

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cec/o-

cecum

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celi/o-

adbomen

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cellul/o-

cell

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cheil/o-

lip

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chez/o-

to pass feces

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chlor/o-

chloride

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chol/o-

bile; gall

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cholangi/o-

bile duct

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choledoch/o-

common bile duct

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cirrh/o-

yellow

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constip/o-

compacted feces

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contin/o-

hold together

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deglut/o-

swallowing

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diverticul/o-

diverticulum

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duoden/o-

duodenum

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erne/o-

vomiting

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ernet/o-

vomiting

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emulsific/o-

particles suspended in a liquid

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esophag/o-

esophagus

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fec/a-

feces; stool

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fec/o-

feces; stool

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flatul/o-

flatus (gas)

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gloss/o-

tongue

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gustat/o-

the sense of taste

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hemorrh/o-

a flowing of blood

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hemorrhoid/o-

hemorrhoid

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herni/o-

hernia

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hiat/o-

gap; opening

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hydr/o-

water; fluid

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ile/o-

ileum

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incarcer/o-

to imprision

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incis/o-

to cut into

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intussuscep/o-

to receive within

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jaund/o-

yellow

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jejun/o-

jejunum

kin/o-

movement

lact/o-

milk

lingu/o-

tongue

lip/o-

lipid(fat)

lith/o-

stone

magnet/o-

magnet

mandibul/o-

mandible (lower jaw)

mastic/o-

chewing

obstip/o-

severe constipation

obstruct/o-

blocked by a barrier

omphal/o-

umbilicus; navel

operate/o-

perform a procedure; surgery

or/o-

mouth

orex/o-

appetite

pancreat/o-

pancreas

peps/o-

digestion

pepsin/o-

pepsin

pept/o-

digestion

perfor/o-

to have an opening

peritone/o-

peritoneum

pharyng/o-

pharynx (throat)

polyp/o-

polyp

proct/o-

rectum

pylor/o-

pylorus

pyr/o-

fire; burning

rect/o-

rectum

regurgitat/o-

flow backward

resect/o-

to cut out; remove

rotat/o-

rotate

rrhe/o-

flow; discharge

rub/o-

red

saliv/o-

saliva

sensitiv/o-

affected by; sensitive to

sial/o-

saliva; salivary gland

sigmoid/o-

sigmoid colon

son/o-

sound

spast/o-

spasm

splen/o-

spleen

stal/o-

contraction

steat/o-

fat

stomat/o-

mouth

transplant/o-

move something to another place

ulcerat/o-

ulcer

vir/o-

virus

im-

not

in-

in; within; not

meso-

middle

par-

beside

per-

through; throughout

retro-

behind; backward

-ase

enzyme

-ate

composed of; pertaining to

-ated

pertaining to a condition; composed of

-cele

hernia

-centesis

procedure to puncture

-cyte

cell

-eal

pertaining to

-ence

state of

-entery

condition of the intestine

-grade

pertaining to going

-iasis

state of; process of

-ice

state; quality

-id

resembling; source or orgin

-in

a substance

-ix

a thing

-lith

stone

-oid

resembling

-opsy

process of viewing

-plasty

process of reshaping by surgery

-rrhaphy

procedure of suturing

-rrhea

flow; discharge

-sis

condition; abnormal condition; process

-tion

a process; being or having