Chapter 9-combining forms Flashcards

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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aliment/o

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nourishment; nutrition

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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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bil/i

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bile; gall

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bucc/o

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cheek

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cec/o

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cecum (1st part of large intestine)

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cheil/o

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lip

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cholangi/o

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bile; vessel

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chol/e

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gall; bile

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cholecyst

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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

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col/o, colon/o

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colon; large intestine

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cyst/o

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cyste; fluid sac; bladder

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dent/i, dont/o

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tooth

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dips/o

A

thirst

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duoden/o

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duodenum (1st part of small intestine)

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diverticul/o

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diverticulum

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20
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enter/o

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intestines (usually the small intestine)

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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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gingiv/o

A

gums

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gloss/o

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tongue

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gluc/o, glyc/o

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sugar; glucose

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hemat/o, hem/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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herni/o

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hernia

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ile/o

A

ileum (3rd part of small intestine)

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inguin/o

A

groin

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jaund/o

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yellow

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jejun/o

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jejunum (2nd part of small intestine)

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labi/o

A

lip

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lapar/o

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abdominal wall; abdomen

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ling/o

A

tongue

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lith/o

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stone; calculus

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odont/o

A

tooth

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or/o

A

mouth

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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peritone/o

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peritoneum (membrane that lines organs and abdominal cavity)

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phag/o

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eat; swallow; engulf

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pharyng/o

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pharynx; throat

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proct/o

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rectum; anus

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rect/o

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rectum

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sial/o

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saliva; salivary gland

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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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stomat/o

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mouth