Gastroenterology Combining, Suffix, Prefix Flashcards
an/o
anus
appendic/o
appendix
append/o
appendix
chol/e
bile
cholangi/o
bile duct
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
col/o
colon
colon/o
colon
diverticul/o
diverticulum
duoden/o
duodenum
enter/o
intestine
esophag/o
esophagus
gastr/o
stomach
hepat/o
liver
ile/o
ileum
jejun/o
jejunum
lapar/o
abdomen
pancreat/o
pancreas
polyp/o
polyps
proct/o
rectum and anus
rect/o
rectum
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
hemat/o
blood
lith/o
stone
-al
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-cele
protrusion
-dynia
pain
-eal
pertaining to
-ectomy
surgical removal
-emesis
vomit
-gram
record
-graphy
process of recording
-iasis
abnormal condition
-ic
pertaining to
-itis
inflammation
-logist
one who studies
-logy
study of
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition
-ostomy
surgically create an opening
-otomy
cutting into
-pepsia
digestion
-phagia
eat, swallow
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
dropping
-scope
instrument for viewing
-scopy
process of viewing
-tripsy
surgical crushing
a-
without
brady-
slow
dys-
painful, difficult
hyper-
excessive
poly-
many