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►MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY STATES > Chapter 8 The Digestive System Elements > Flashcards

Chapter 8 The Digestive System Elements Flashcards

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anti-

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against

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de-

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down, lack of, from, not removal

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dia-

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through, between, apart, complete

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dys-

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bad, difficult, painful

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endo-

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in, within, inside

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hyper-

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excessive, increased

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intra-

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within, inside

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mal-

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bad, poor, evil

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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re-

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back, again

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aer/o

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air, gas

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an/o

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anus, ring

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cheil/o

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lip or lips

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chol/e

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bile, gall

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cholangi/o

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bile duct

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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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cirrh/o

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orange-yellow, tawny

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col/o, colon/o

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colon, large intestine

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diverticul/o

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diverticulum

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duoden/i, duoden/o

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duodenum, first part of small intestine

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emet/o

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vomit

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enter/o

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small intestine

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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gastr/o

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stomach, belly

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gingiv/o

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gingival tissue, gums

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hal/o, halit/o

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breath

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hem/o

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blood, relating to blood

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hemat/o

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blood, relating to blood

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hemorrhoid/o

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hemorrhoid

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hepat/o

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liver

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hiat/o

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opening

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hydr/o

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relating to water

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ile/o

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ileum, small intestine

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inguin/o

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intestin/o

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intussuscept/o

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take up or receive within

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leuk/o

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lith/o

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stone, calculus

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melan/o

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black, dark

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metabol/o

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myc/o

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nas/o

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odont/i

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odont/o

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or/o

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mouth, oral cavity

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orth/o

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straight, normal, correct

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palat/o

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palate, roof of mouth

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pancreat/o

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pept/o

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digest, digestion

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pharyng/o

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throat, pharynx

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proct/o

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anus and rectum

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pyr/o, pyret/o

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fever, fire

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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steat/o

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fat, lipid, sebum

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stom/o

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mouth, oral cavity

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stomat/o

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mouth, oral cavity

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xen/o

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strange, foreign

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xer/o

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-a

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noun ending

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-al

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pertaining to

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-cele

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hernia, tumor, swelling

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectomy

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surgical removal, cutting out, excision

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-emesis

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-graphy

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the process of producing a picture or record

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-ial

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pertaining to

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-iasis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-iatrist

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specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lithiasis

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presence of stones

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-ologist

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specialist

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-osis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-ostomy

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the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-pepsia

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digest, digestion

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-plakia

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhea

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flow or discharge

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-tion

A

process, state or quality of

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