-estasis, -ectasia
dilation, widening
-emesis
vomiting
-pepsia
digestion
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptysis
spitting
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhaphy
suture
-spasm
involuntary contraction of muscles
-stasis
stopping; controlling
-stenosis
narrowing, tightening
-tresia
opening
bucc/o
cheek
cec/o
cecum
celi/o
belly, abdomen
cheil/o
lip
chol/e
gall, bile
cholangi/o
bile duct
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
col/o, colon/o
colon
dent/i
tooth
duoden/o
duodenum
enter/o
intestines
esophag/o
esophagus
gastr/o
stomach
gingiv/o
gums
gloss/o, lingu/o
tongue
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar
hepat/o
liver
herni/o
hernia
ile/o
ileum
jejun/o
jejunum
labi/o
lip
lip/o
fat
lith/o
stone
odont/o
tooth
or/o
mouth
palat/o
palate
pancreat/o
pancreas
proct/o
anus and rectum
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
rect/o
rectum
sialaden/o
salivary gland
splen/o
spleen
steat/o
fat
stomat/o
mouth
-chezia
defecation
-orexia
appetite
-iasis
abnormal condition
-prandial
meal
-ptosis
droop, sag, prolapse, fall
stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
paracentesis
puncture to remove fluid from abdomen
nasogastric intubation
insertion of a tube through the nose into the stomach
gastric bypass or bariatric surgery
reduces stomach size
amylase and lipase tests
tests for the level of amylase and lipase enzymes in blood
liver function tests (LFTs)
tests for enzymes and bilirubin in blood
stool culture
tests for microorganisms in stool
stool guaiac test or hemoccult test
tests to detect blood in feces
Which tests for the clear fluid that remains after blood has clotted (serum)?
LFTs