Digestive System Word Elements

or/o

mouth

stomat/o

mouth

gloss/o lingu/o

tongue

bucc/o

cheek

cheil/o labi/o

lip

dent/o odont/o

teeth

gingiv/o

gum(s)

sail/o

saliva, salivary gland

esophag/o

esophagus

pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

gastr/o

stomach

duoden/o

duodenum (first part of small intestine)

enter/o

intestine (usually small intestine)

jejun/o

jejunum (second part of small intestine)

ile/o

ileum (third part of small intestine)

append/o appendic/o

appendix

col/o colon/o

colon

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

rect/o

rectum

proct/o

anus, rectum

an/o

anus

hepat/o

liver

pancreat/o

pancreas

cholangi/o

bile vessel

chol/e **

bile, gall

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

bile duct

-emesis

vomit

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ism

condition

-megaly

enlargement

-orexia

appetite

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

swallowing, eating

-prandial

meal

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhapy

to suture or stitch

-scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

visual examination

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

dia-

through, across

peri-

around

sub-

under, below

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

endo-

within, in

hypo-

under, below, deficient