Common Terms and Word Elements for Aliment, Digestion, and Defecation Flashcards by Kim L

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ALIMENT/O
(al‐ĭ‐mĕnt‐ō)

A

Food

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CIB/O
(sī‐bō)

A

Food, meal

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SIT/O
(sī‐tō)

A

Food, grain

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FRUCT/O
(frŭk‐tō)

A

Fruit, fructose

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CARP/O
(kăr‐pō)

A

Fruit

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LACT/O
(lak‐tō)

A

Milk, Lactose

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GALACT/O
(gă‐lăk‐tō)

A

Milk, galactose, galaxy

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GLUC/O
(gloo‐kō)
GLYC/O
(glī‐kō)

A

sugar, glucose

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SACCHAR/O
(sak‐ă‐rō)

A

sugar

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MELIT/O
(mel‐ĭ‐tō)

A

Honey, sugar, bees

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AMYL/O
(am‐ĭ‐lō)

A

starch

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PROTE/O
(prōt‐ē‐ō)

A

protein, first, primary

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ALBUMIN/O
(al‐bū‐mĭ‐nō)

A

Albumin, protein

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LIP/O
(lĭp‐ō)

A

Fat

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STEAT/O
(stē‐ă‐tō)

A

Fat, Sebum

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GLUTIN/O
(gloo‐tĭn‐ō)

A

Sticky, adhesive, gluten

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ZYM/O
(zī‐mō)
‐ZYME
(zīm)

A

Enzyme, fermentation

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‐ASE
(ās)

A

Enzyme

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‐OSE
(ōs)

A

carbohydrate

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PHAG/O
(făg‐ō)

A

to swallow, eat

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VOR/O
(vō‐rō)

A

to devour, eat

memorize: carniVORE

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BOL/O
(bō‐lō)

A

Mass of masticated food, lump, mass

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PEPT/O
(pĕp‐tō)
PEPS/O
(pĕp‐sō)

A

digestion

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CHOL/E
(kō‐lē)

A

Bile

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BIL/I
(bil‐ĭ)

A

Bile

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SIAL/O
(sī‐al‐ō)

A

Saliva

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SALIV/O
(să‐lī‐vō)

A

Saliva

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CHYL/O
(kī‐lō)

A

Chyle (fluid of the lymph system)

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CHYM/O
(kī‐mō)

A

Chyme (nearly liquid mass of digested foot)

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STERC/O
(stĕr‐kō)
STERCOR/O
(stĕr‐kō‐rō)

A

Feces

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COPR/O
(kop‐rō)

A

Feces

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SCAT/O
(skă‐tō)

A

Feces

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FEC/O
(fē‐kō)

A

Feces

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‐CHEZIA
(kē‐zē‐ă)

A

Defacation

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EXCRET‐
(ĕks‐krē‐tō)

A

Defacation