From Textbook (Treatment Medical Terminology) - Unit 9: The Digestive System

abdomin/o-

abdomen

anastom/o-

create an opening between two structures

append/o-

appendix; small structure hanging from a larger structure

bi/o-

life; living organism; living tissue

cholecyst/o-

gallbladder

choledoch/o-

common bile duct

col/o-

colon

colon/o-

colon

cutane/o-

skin

duoden/o-

duodenum

esophag/o-

esophagus

gastr/o-

stomach

hemorrhoid/o-

hemorrhoid

herni/o-

hernia

ile/o-

ileum

jejun/o-

jejunum

lapar/o-

abdomen

lith/o-

stone

nas/o-

nose

polyp/o-

polyp

resect/o-

cut out; remove

scop/o-

examine with an instrument

sigmoid/o-

sigmoid colon

transplant/o-

move something across and put in another place

endo-

innermost; within

per-

through; throughout

-ation

being; having; process

-centesis

procedure to puncture

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ic

pertaining to

-ion

action; condition

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

condition; process

-ous

pertaining to

-plasty

process of reshaping by surgery

-rrhaphy

procedure of suturing

-scope

instrument used to examine

-scopy

process of using an instrument to examine

-stomy

surgically created opening

-tomy

process of cutting; process of making an incision