Chapter 8 Digestive System Word Parts Flashcards by Chloe Tran

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Bil/i

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bile; gall

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Chol/e

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Gall; bile

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Cholescyst/o

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Gallbladder

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Cirrh/o

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Orange-yellow

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Jaund/o

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Yellow

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Cyst/o

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Cyst; fluid sac; bladder

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Dent/o

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Tooth

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Odont/o

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Tooth

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Gingiv/o

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Gums

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Gloss/o

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Tongue

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Ling/o

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Tongue

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Inguin/o

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Groin

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Labi/o

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Lip

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Lith/o

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Stone; calculus

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Lapar/o

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Abdominal wall; abdomen

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Or/o

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Mouth

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Peritone/o

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Peritoneum (membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the abdominal organs)

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Proct/o

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Rectum; Anus

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De-

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Lack of; down; less; removal of

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-ase

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enzyme

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Ultra-

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Beyond; excess

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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-clysis

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irrigation; washing

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-prandial

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meal

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-orexia

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appetite

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-chezia

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defecation; elimination of waste

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an/o

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anus

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-pepsia

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digestion

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append/o or appendic/o

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appendix

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cec/o

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cecum (first part of large intestine)

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col/o or colon/o

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colon or large intestine

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duoden/o

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duodenum (first part of small intestine)

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enter/o

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intestines (usu small intestines)

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gluc/o or glyc/o

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glucose; sugar

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hemat/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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ile/o

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ileum (third part of small intestines)

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jejun/o

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jejunum (second part of small intestine)

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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phag/o

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eat; swallow; engulf

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-phagia

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eating; swallowing

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pharyng/o

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pharynx or throat

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rect/o

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rectum

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon/ sigmoid

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splen/o

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spleen

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a-, an-

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not/without

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dia-

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through; complete

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dys-

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painful; difficult

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endo-

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in; within

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epi-

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on; over; upon

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peri-

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around; surrounding

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post-

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after; behind

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pre-

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before; in front of

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sub-

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below; under

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-ac, -al, -eal, -ic

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pertaining to

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-ation

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process; condition

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-ectomy

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surgical removal; excision

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-gen

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substance that produces

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-ia

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condition

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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-ist

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specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-rrhea

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excessive discharge; flow

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-scope

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instrument used to view

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-stalsis

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contraction

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-stomy

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surgical opening

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-tripsy

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crushing

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-um, -us

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structure; tissue; thing