ALHS 1090 Chapter 6 Digestive System Word Elements

or/o

mouth

stomat/o

mouth

gloss/o

tongue

lingu/o

tongue

bucc/o

cheek

cheil/o

lip

labi/o

lip

dent/o

teeth

odont/o

teeth

gingiv/o

gums

sial/o

saliva, salivary glands

esophag/o

esophagus

pharyng/o

pharynx

gastr/o

stomach

pylor/o

pylorus

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

intestine

jejun/o

jejunum

ile/o

ileum

append/o, appendic/o

appendix

col/o, colon/o

colon

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

rect/o

rectum

proct/o

anus, rectum

an/o

anus

pancreat/o

pancreas

cholangi/o

bile vessel

chol/e

bile, gall

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

bile duct

-prandial

meal

-pepsia

digestion

-orexia

appetite

hepat/o

liver

-emesis

vomit

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

-megaly

enlargement

-phagia

swallowing, eating

-rrhea

discharge, flow

dia-

through, across

peri-

around

sub-

under, below

hematemesis

vomiting blood

dysphagia

difficulty swallowing or inability to swallow

fecalith

fecal concretion

halitosis

"bad" breath

anorexia

loss of appetite

dyspepsia

poor digestion

cirrhosis

degenerative liver disease

cachexia

state of ill health, malnutrition, and wasting

obstipation

intractable constipation

lesion

open sore

acites

abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity

Crohn's Disease

a form of inflammatory bowel disease

flatus

gas in the intestinal tract

leukoplakia

white patches on the mucous membrane of the cheek

steatorrhea

passage of fat in the feces