Med Term Chapters 6-9

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

gum(s)

sial/o

saliva, salivary gland

esophag/o

esophagus

pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

gastr/o

stomach

pylor/o

pylorus

duoden/o

duodenum (first part of the small intestine)

enter/o

intestine (usually small intestine)

jejun/o

jejunum (second part of small intestine)

ile/o

ileum (third part of small intestine)

append/o

appendix

appendic/o

appendix

col/o

colon

colon/o

colon

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

rect/o

rectum

proct/o

anus, rectum

an/o

anus

hepat/o

liver

pancreat/o

pancreas

cholangi/o

bile vessel

chol/e

bile, gall

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

bile duct

-emesis

vomit

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

-megaly

enlargement

-orexia

appetite

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

swallowing, eating

-prandial

meal

-rrhea

discharge, flow

dia-

through, across

peri-

around

sub-

under, below

nas/o

nose

rhin/o

nose

sept/o

septum

sinus/o

sinus, cavity

adenoid/o

adenoids

tonsill/o

tonsils

epiglott/o

epiglottis

laryng/o

larynx

trache/o

trachea

bronchi/o

bronchus

bronch/o

bronchus

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

alveol/o

alveolus; air sac

pleur/o

pleura

pneum/o

air; lung

pneumon/o

air; lung

pulmon/o

lung

anthrac/o

coal, coal dust

atel/o

incomplete; imperfect

coni/o

dust

cyan/o

blue

lob/o

lobe

orth/o

straight

ox/o

oxygen

pector/o

chest

steth/o

chest

thorac/o

chest

phren/o

diaphragm; mind

spir/o

breathe

-capnia

carbon dioxide

-osmia

smell

-phonia

voice

-pnea

breathing

-ptysis

spitting

-thorax

chest

brady-

slow

dys-

bad; painful; difficult

eu-

good, normal

tachy-

rapid

aneurysm/o

aneurysm

angi/o

vessel

vascul/o

vessel

aort/o

aorta

arteriol/o

arteriole

arti/o

atrium

ather/o

fatty plaque

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

heart

electr/o

electricity

embol/o

embolus (plug)

hemangi/o

blood vessel

my/o

muscle

phleb/o

vein

ven/o

vein

scler/o

hardening; sclera (white of eye)

sphygm/o

pulse