Unit 4 Terms Flashcards
amyl/o
starch
bar/o
weight
bil/i
bile
carb/o
carbon
chol/e
gall, bile
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
col/o
colon
cyst/o
bladder, sac
duoden/o
duodenum
enter/o
intestine
esophag/o
esophagus
esthesi/o
sensation
gastr/o
stomach
gingiv/o
gums
gloss/o or lingu/o
tongue
hepat/o
liver
li/o
fat
hepat/o
liver
lith/o
stone, calculus
obes/o
obesity
pancreat/o
pancreas
peps/o
digestion
phag/o
eat, swallow
phor/o
bear, carry
proct/o
anus and rectum
rect/o
rectum
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
splen/o
spleen
stomat/o
mouth
trich/o
hair
dys-
difficult, painful, bad, abnormal
eu-
easy, good
mal-
bad, poor
sub-
below
hypo-
below
-ase
enzyme
-cele
hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture
-ectomy
excise
-genic
forming
-iasis
condition, usually infestation
-meter
instrument
-metry
process, measuring
-ostomy
make a new opening
-pepsia
digestion
-phagia
eat, swallow
-plegia
paralysis
-rrhagia
hemorrhage
-rrhaphy
suture
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-tomy
cut into
-tripsy
surgical crushing
-iastrics
medical practice
-ity
quality