Chapter 8 Word Roots

aer/o

air, gas

aliment/o

to nourish

an/o

anus, ring

catabol/o

a breaking down

cec/o

cecum

cheil/o

lip or lips

chol/e

bile, gall

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

col/o

colon/o

colon, large intestine

diverticul/o

to turn aside, diverticulum, a small blind pouch

end/o

in, within, aside

enter/o

small intestine

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gingival tissue, gums

hal/o

halit/o

breath

hem/o

hemat/o

blood, relating to the blood

hemorrhoid/o

swollen vein

hepat/o

liver

hait/o

opening

intestin/o

intestine

lith/o

stone, calculus

metabol/o

change

occult/o

hidden

odont/o

tooth

or/o

mouth

orth/o

straight, normal, correct

palat/o

palate, roof of the mouth

pancreat/o

pancreas

pept/o

-pepsia

digest, digestion

pharyng/o

pharynx, throat

proct/o

anus, rectum

pyr/o

fever

rect/o

rectum

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

tom/o

cut, section, slice