Chapter 11: Digestive System

aliment/o-

to nourish

amylo-

starch

append/o-

appendage

-ase

enzyme

attrit/i-

wearing out

baro-

weight

bas/o-

basic, at base

beri-

weakness

bil/i-

bile, gall

blenno-

mucus

bol/o-

lump, ball

brux-

grinding

bulimo-

hunger

cata-

breakdown, down

cebo-

meal, food

cec/o-

blind pouch

-cece

navel

cement/o-

hard

cholangio-

bile duct

chole-

bile, gall

cholecyst/o-

gallbladder

choledoch/o-

gallbladder duct

cholera

biliary acute diarrhea

chyme-

juice

coel-

hollow belly, cavity

col/o-

colon

colon/o-

colon, large intestine

cord-

vocal cords, cord

cras/o-

mixture

-creas

fleshy, flesh

cric/o-

ring

cusp-

point

de-

away

dent/o-

tooth, teeth

diverticul/o-

outpouching

doch/o-

duct, canal

dont/o-

tooth, teeth

dracuncul/o-

little dragon

duoden/o-

twelve

emac/i-

to grow thin

-emesis

vomit

enamel

hard

entero-

intestine

eruct/o-

belching

eso-

toward

fec/o-

stool, fecal matter

flat/o-

to blow

-flux

to flow

-form

shaped, shape, form

gastr/o-

stomach

gingiv/o-

gum

gloss/o-

tongue

glott/o-

back of tongue

-glutition

to swallow

gnath-

jaw, cheek

gout

a drop

gust/o-

tasting, to taste

halit/o-

breath

hepat/o-

liver

herni/o-

rupture, protrusion

hiat-

an opening

-hiscence

to gape open

ile/o-

twisted

ilio-

flank

in-

into, not

ingunin/o-

groin

-in

substance, chemical

jejuno-

to empty

kali-

potassium

ket/o-

sour, acid

labio-

lip

-lalia

talk, talking

lap/i-

stone

lingu-

tongue

lith/o-

stone, calculus, rock

logo-

speech, words

masset/o-

chewer, to chew

mastic/o-

to chew, chewing

megalo-

huge, large

-mentum

chin

mes/o-

middle

mogi-

difficult

mol/o-

to mill, grind

nutri/o-

to nourish

-o/rrhexis

rupture, protrusion

odont/o-

tooth

omphal/o-

navel, umbilicus

ora-

mouth

-orexia

appetite

orth/o-

straight, normal, correct

palat/o-

palate, plate, plate of the mouth roof

peps/o-

digestion

pharyng/o-

throat

phas-

speech, speaking

phas/o-

speech, speaking

phraso-

speech, talk

-phthisis

wasting

prand/i-

meal, breakfast

proct/o-

rectum, anus

ptyal/o-

saliva