Common Digestive System Word Parts

dys

painful

endo

within

hemi

half

sub

below

an/o

anus

append/o

appendix

appendic/o

appendix

cec/o

cecum

cheil/o

lip

chol/e

bile

choleangi/o

bile duct

choledoch/o

common bile duct

col/o

colon

colon/o

colon

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

intestine

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

hepat/o

liver

ile/o

ileum

jejun/o

jejunum

lingu/o

tongue

or/o

mouth

palat/o

palate

pancreat/o

pancreas

peritone/o

peritoneum

proct/o

rectum

sial/o

salivary glands

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

steat/o, adip/o, lip/o

fat

stomat/o

mouth

uvul/o

uvula

abdomin/o

abdomen

antr/o

antrum

celi/o

abdominal cavity

lapar/o

abdominal cavity

diverticul/o

diverticulum

herni/o

hernia

xer/o

dryness

ac, al, ic, eal

pertaining to

cele

protrusion

centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

ectomy

excision

gram

record of

graph

instrument used to record

graphy

process of recording

ia

condition of

iasis

condition

itis

inflammation

lith

stone

logist

specialist who studies and treats

logy

study of

malacia

softening

megaly

enlargement

oma

tumor

osis

abnormal condition

pathy

disease

pepsia

digestion

phagia

eating

plasty

surgical repair

ptosis

prolapse

rrhaphy

suturing

rrhea

flow, discharge

scope

instrument used for visualization

scopy

process of viewing

stomy

creation of an artificial

tomy

cutting into