PoHS Digestive Morphemes

Morphemes

-Smallest unit of language

-Includes occupationally specific terms

- Include two types:

• free morphemes: can stand alone with a specific meaning (dog, run, book, happy, the)

• bound morphemes: cannot stand alone with a specific meaning (-s, -ed, -er)

-Include root words, affixes (prefixes & suffixes)

absorpt/o

to take in

aden/o

gland

aliment/o

nourishment

amyl/o

starch

anabol/o

building up

append/o

appendix

appendic/o

appendix

bil/i

bile

bucc/o

cheek

celi/o

abdomen

cheil/o

lip

chol/e

gall, bile

choledoch/o

common bile duct

cirrh/o

orange-yellow

col/o

colon

colon/o

colon

cyst/o

bladder

dent/o

tooth

diverticul/o

diverticula

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

small intestine

esophag/e/o

esophagus

fibr/o

fibrous tissue

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

glyc/o

sweet, sugar

halit/o

breath

hemat/o

blood

hemorrh/o

vein susceptible to bleed

hepat/o

liver

herni/o

hernia

ile/o

ileum

labi/o

lip

lapar/o

abdomen

lingu/o

tongue

lip/o

fat

odont/o

tooth

pancreat/o

pancreas

pept/o

to digest

pharyng/e/o

pharynx

pil/o

hair

prand/i

meal

proct/o

anus and rectum

pylor/o

pylorus, gatekeeper

rect/o

rectum

sial/o

saliva, salivary

splen/o

spleen

stomat/o

mouth

an-

lack of

cata-

down

defecat-

to remove dregs

dys-

difficult

epi-

above

hypo-

deficient, below

laxat-

to loosen

mal-

bad

masticat-

to chew

mes-

middle

peri-

around

sub-

below

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-eal

pertaining to

-emesis

vomiting

-ectomy

surgical removal of

-genesis

formation, produce

-ic

pertaining to

-ion

process

-ism

condition

-ive

nature of, quality of

-oid

resemble

-oma

tumor

-orexia

appetite

-osis

condition

-pepsia

to digest

-stalsis

contraction

-scopy

examine

-y

pertaining to

cirrhosis

chronic liver disease

cirrh/o: orange-yellow

-osis: condition

fibroma

tumors composed of fibrous tissue

fibr/o: fibrous tissue

-oma: tumor

hematemesis

vomiting of blood

hemat/o: blood

-emesis: vomiting

hemorrhoid

inflamed veins located in the rectum causing discomfort and bleeding

hemorrh/o: vein susceptible to bleed

-oid: resemble

malabsorption

decreased ability to absorb nutrients from the intestinal tract

mal-: bad

absorpt/o: to take in

-ion: process

appendectomy

surgical procedure to remove an inflamed appendix

append/o: appendix

-ectomy: surgical removal of

colonoscopy

procedure which examines the entire colon

-colon/o: colon

-scopy: examine

vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG)

removal of left stomach for weight loss

gastr/o: stomach

-ectomy: surgical removal of

cholecystectomy

surgical procedure to remove the galbladder

chol/e: gall, bile

cyst/o: bladder

-ectomy: surgical removal of

absorption

process in which nutrients are transported from the gastrointestinal tract to the bloodstream or lymph

absorpt/o: to take in

-ion: process

amylase

enzyme which breaks down starch

amyl/o: starch

-ase: enzyme

anablism

a metabolic process which builds up tissues in the body

anabol/o: building up

-ism: condition

anorexia

lack of appetite

an: lack of

-orexia: appetite

biliary

pertaining to bile

bil/i: bile

-ary: pertaining to

buccal

pertaining to the cheek

bucc/o: cheek

-al: pertaining to

catabolism

a metabolic process which breaks down tissues in the body
catabol-: a casting down

-ism: condition

celiac

pertaining to the abdomen

celi/o: abdomen-

-ac: pertaining to

colonic

pertaining to the colon

colon/o: colon

-ic: pertaining to