Med Term Ch 8

abdomin/o

abdomen

an/o

anus

append/o, appendic/o

appendix

bil/i

bile; gall

cec/o

cecum (first part of large intestine)

chol/e

gall; bile

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

cirrh/o

orange-yellow

col/o, colon/o

colon; large intestine

cyst/o

cyst; fluid sac; bladder

dent/i

tooth

duoden/o

duodenum (first part of small intestine)

enter/o

intestines (usually the small intestine)

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

gluc/o, glyc/o

sugar; glucose

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

ile/o

ileum (third part of small intestine)

inguin/o

groin

jaund/o

yellow

jejun/o

jejunum (second part of small intestine)

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

pharynx; throat

proct/o

rectum; anus

rect/o

rectum

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

englargement

-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