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an/o

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anus

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append/o, appendic/o-

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appendix

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bucco

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cheek

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cec/o

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cecum–first part of the large intestine–cecal

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cheil/o

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lip

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celi/o

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belly, abdomen —celiac

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abdomin/o, lapar/o

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abdomen

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cholecyst/o–

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gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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col/o, colon/o

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colon—colonic, colostomy

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-stomy

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an opening to the outside of the body

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stoma

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an opening between an organ and the surface of the body

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dent/i

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tooth

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odont/o

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tooth

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duoden/o

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duodenum–first part of the small intestine 1 foot long

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enter/o

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intestines, usually small intestines–enterocolitis

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anastomosis

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any surgical connection between two parts , such as vessels, ducts,or bowel segments

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mucosa

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mucous membrance lining cavities or canals that open to the outside of the body

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Crohn disease

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chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract

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esophag/o

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esophagus—esophageal

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faci/o

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face—facial

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gingiv/o

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gums—-gingivitis

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gastr/o

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stomach—gastrostomy

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gloss/o

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tongue

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lingu/o

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tongue

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hepat/o

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liver—hepatoma=hepatocellular carcinoma

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ile/o

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ileum–3 parts of small intestine 11feet long

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jejun/o

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jejunum—2 parts of small intestines 8 feet long

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labi/o

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lip—labial

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lapar/o

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abdomen

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mandibul/o

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lower jaw, mandible

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or/o

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mouth

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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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peritone/o

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peritoneum—-peritonitis

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pharyng/o

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throat

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proct/o—greek

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anus and rectum—proctologist

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rect/o—-latin

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rectum—-rectocele

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sialaden/o

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salivary gland

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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stomat/o

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mouth—greek

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uvul/o

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uvula—soft tissue hanging from the middle of the soft palate

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amyl/o

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starch—amylase, enzyne that break down starch, -ase means enzyne

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bil/i

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gall, bile

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chol/e

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gall bile—-cholelithiasis

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lith/o

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stone or calculus

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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cholrhydr/o

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igastrhydrochloric acid—-gastric juice

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gluc/o, glyc/o

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sugar

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glycogen/o

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glycogen, animal starch

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lip/o

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fat,lipid

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steat/o

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fat—-steatorrhea

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prote/o

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protein—-protease

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sial/o

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saliva,salivary—–sialolith

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-ase

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enzyme—-lipase

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-chezia

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defecation, elimination of wastes—hematochezia

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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-prandial`

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meal—-postprandial =after meal=post cibum

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,-ectasis, -ectasia

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streching, dilation, dilatation, widening

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-emesis

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vomiting—-hematemesis

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–lysis

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destruction, breakdown, separation

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–pepsia

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digestion—dyspepsia

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–phagia

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eating swallowing

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–plasy

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surgical repair

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–ptosis

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drooping, sagging, protruding

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–ptysis

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spitting—–

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–rrhage, rrhagia

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bursting forth of blood—hemorrhage

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men/o

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menstrual flow or menstruation—menorrhagia

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–rrhaphy

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suture=to mend, repair—-herinorrphaphy

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–rrhea

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flow, discharge—-dys-meno-rrhea

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–spasm

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involuntary contraction of muscless

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–stasis

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stopping, controlling—hemostasis

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—stenosis

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tightening, stricture, narrowing

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–tresia

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opening—atresia=absence of normal opening

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