Digesetive: Word roots, prefixes and suffixes Flashcards by Leah Xiong

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or/o

stomat/o

A

mouth

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gloss/o

lingu/o

A

tongue

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bucc/o

A

cheek

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cheil/o

labi/o

A

lip

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dent/o

odont/o

A

teeth

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gingiv/o

A

gum(s)

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sial/o

A

saliva, salivary gland

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esophag/o

A

esophagus

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pharyng/o

A

pharynx (throat)

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gastr/o

A

stomach

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pylor/o

A

pylorus

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duoden/o

A

duodenum (first part of small intestine)

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enter/o

A

intestine (usually small intestine)

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jejun/o

A

jejunum (second part of small intestine)

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ile/o

A

ileum (third part of small intestine)

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append/o

appendic/o

A

appendix

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col/o

colon/o

A

colon

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sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

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rect/o

A

rectum

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proct/o

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anus, rectum

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hepat/o

A

liver

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pancreat/o

A

pancreas

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cholangi/o

A

bile vessel

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chol/e

A

bile, gall

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cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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choledoch/o

A

bile duct

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-emesis

A

vomit

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-iasis

A

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-orexia

A

appetite

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-pepsia

A

digestion

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-phagia

A

swallowing, eating

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-prandial

A

meal

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-rrhea

A

discharge, flow

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dia-

A

through, across

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peri-

A

around

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sub-

A

under, below

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an-

A

without, not

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lith/o

A

stone, calculus

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-eal

A

pertaining to

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-ic

A

pertaining to

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endo-

A

in, within

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-scopy

A

visual examination

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tom/o

A

to cut

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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cyst/o

A

bladder

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son/o

A

sound

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ultra-

A

excess, beyond

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-al

A

pertaining to