Digestive System vocab Flashcards by Lakshidaa Jayamurugan

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abdomin/o

A

abdomen

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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/o

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bile; gall

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cec/o

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cecum (first part of small intestine)

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chol/e

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bile; gall

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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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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cyst; fluid sac; bladder

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dent/i

A

tooth

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duoden/o

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duodenum (first part of small intestine)

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enter/o

A

intestines (usually the small intestine)

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esophag/o

A

esophagus

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gastr/o

A

stomach

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gingiv/o

A

gums

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gloss/o

A

tongue

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gluc/o; glyc/o

A

sugar; glucose

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hemat/o

A

blood

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hepat/o

A

liver

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ile/o

A

ileum (third part of small intestine)

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inaguin/o

A

groin

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jaund/o

A

yellow

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jejun/o

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jejunum (second part of small intestine)

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labi/o

lip

lapar/o

abdominal wall; abdomen

ling/o

tongue

lith/o

stone; calculus

odont/o

tooth

or/o

mouth

pancreat/o

pancreas

peritone/o

peritoneum (membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the abdominal organs)

phag/o

eat; swallow; engulf

pharyng/o

throat; pharynx

proct/o

rectum; anus

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon; sigmoid

splen/o

spleen

a- ; an-

not, without

de-

lack of down; less: removal of

dia-

through; complete

dys-

painful; difficult

endo-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

peri-

around; surrounding

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of

sub-

below; under

ultra-

beyond; excess

-ac; -al; -eal; -ic

pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-ation

process; condition

-chezia

defecation; elimination of waste

-clysis

irrigation; washing

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-emesis

vomiting

-gen

substance that produces

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-megaly

enlargement

-orexia

appetite

-osis

abnormal condition

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating; swallowing

-prandial

meal

-rrhea

flow; excessive discharge

-scope

instrument used to view

-stalsis

contraction

-stomy

surgical opening

-tripsy

crushing

-um; -us

structure; tissue; thing