Digestive Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards

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append/o

A

appendix

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an/o

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Anus

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appendic/o

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appendix

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bucc/o

A

cheek

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cec/o

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cecum

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celi/o

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belly, abdomen

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cheil/o

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lip

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cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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col/o

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colon

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colon/o

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colon

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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enter/o

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intestines, usually small

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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faci/o

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face

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gloss/o

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tongue

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hepat/o

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liver

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ile/o

A

ileum

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jejun/o

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jejunum

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labi/o

A

lip

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lapar/o

A

abdomen

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lingu/o

A

tongue

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mandibul/o

A

lower jaw

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or/o

A

mouth

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pharyng/o

A

throat

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proct/o

A

anus & rectum

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pylor/o

A

pyloric sphincter

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sialaden/o

A

salivary gland

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stomat/o

A

mouth

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amyl/o

A

starch

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bil/i

A

gall, bile

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chol/e

A

gall, bile

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chlorhydr/o

A

hydrochloric acid

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gluc/o

A

sugar

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lip/o

A

fat, lipid

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lith/o

A

stone

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prote/o

A

protein

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py/o

A

pus

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sial/o

A

saliva, salivary

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steat/o

A

fat

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-ase

A

enzyme

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-chezia

A

defecation, elimination of wastes

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-iasis

A

abnormal condition

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-prandial

A

meal