TLM Chap 6 Digest System Terminology

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amyl/o

starch

an/o

anus

append/o, appendic/o

appendix

bil/i

gall, bile

bilirubin/o

bilirubin(bile pigment

bucc/o

cheek

cec/o

cecum

celi/o

belly, abdomen (ecliac disease)

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of the uterus)

cheil/o

lip

chlorhydr/o

hydrochloric acid

chol/e

gall, bile

cholangi/o

bile vessel

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

cib/o

meal

cirrh/o

orange-yellow

col/o, colon/o

colon

dent/i

tooth

duoden/o

duodenum

esophag/o

esophagus

eti/o

cause

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

gluc/o, glyc/o

sugar

glycogen/o

glycogen, animal starch

herni/o

hernia

idi/o

unkown; individual; distinct

ile/o

ileum

pancreat/o

pancreas

peritone/o

peritoneum

pharyng/o

throat

proct/o

anus rectum

prote/o

protein

py/o

pus

pylor/o

pyloric sphincter

rect/o

rectum

sialaden/o

salivary gland

splen/o

spleen

steat/o

fat

stomat/o

mouth

tonsill/o

tonsils

-ase

enzyme

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-chezia

defecation, elimination of wastes

-ectasia, - ectasis

dilation (dilatation), widening

-emesis

vomiting

-genesis

producing; forming

-graphy

process of recording

-iasis

abnormal condition

-megaly

enlargement

-orexia

appetite

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-spasm

involuntary contraction of muscles

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-stenosis

narrowing tightening

-stomy

new opening (to form a mouth

-tresia

opening