Chapter 8 Digestive System Word Parts Flashcards by Chloe Tran

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Bil/i

A

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

appetite

-chezia

defecation; elimination of waste

an/o

anus

-pepsia

digestion

append/o or appendic/o

appendix

cec/o

cecum (first part of large intestine)

col/o or colon/o

colon or large intestine

duoden/o

duodenum (first part of small intestine)

enter/o

intestines (usu small intestines)

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gluc/o or glyc/o

glucose; sugar

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

ile/o

ileum (third part of small intestines)

jejun/o

jejunum (second part of small intestine)

pancreat/o

pancreas

phag/o

eat; swallow; engulf

-phagia

eating; swallowing

pharyng/o

pharynx or throat

rect/o

rectum

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon/ sigmoid

splen/o

spleen

a-, an-

not/without

dia-

through; complete

dys-

painful; difficult

endo-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

peri-

around; surrounding

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of

sub-

below; under

-ac, -al, -eal, -ic

pertaining to

-ation

process; condition

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-emesis

vomiting

-gen

substance that produces

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-megaly

enlargement

-osis

abnormal condition

-rrhea

excessive discharge; flow

-scope

instrument used to view

-stalsis

contraction

-stomy

surgical opening

-tripsy

crushing

-um, -us

structure; tissue; thing