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Chapter 11 Digestive System - Word Parts, Prefixes and Suffixes
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| A | B |
| an/o | anus |
| antr/o | antrum |
| cec/o | cecum |
| col/o, colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine (usually referring to small intestine) |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| or/o, | mouth |
| proct/o, rect/o | rectum |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| appendic/o, append/o | appendix |
| cheil/o | lip |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| diverticul/o | diverticulum or blind pouch extending from a hollow organ |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia, protrusion of an organ through a membrance or cavity wall |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| polyp/o | polyp, small growth |
| pylor/o | pylorus, pyloric sphincter |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| hemi | half |
| pepsia | digestion |
| steat/o | fat |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| lapar/o | abdomen; abdominal cavity |
| lith/o | stone(s), calculus |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| nas/o | nose |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| a | absence of, without |
| dys | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| ac, al, eal, ic | pertaining to |
| cele | hernia, protrusion |
| centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| gram | the record, radiographic image |
| graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
| iasis | condition |
| ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
| itis | inflammation |
| lith | stone(s) calcculus |
| logist | one who studies and treats (specialist, physician) |
| logy | study of |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition (means an increase when used with blood cell word roots) |
| pathy | disease |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhaphy | suturing, repairing |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| scopy | visual examination |
| stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| tomy | cut into, incision |
| y | noun suffix, no meaning |
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